flowchart

2 definitions found

flowchart - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flowchart
      n 1: a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer
           program or an accounting system [syn: flow chart,
           flowchart, flow diagram, flow sheet]

flowchart - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  flowchart
   n.
  
     [techspeak] An archaic form of visual control-flow specification
     employing arrows and speech balloons of various shapes. Hackers never
     use flowcharts, consider them extremely silly, and associate them
  with
     COBOL programmers, code grinders, and other lower forms of life.
     This attitude follows from the observations that flowcharts (at least
     from a hacker's point of view) are no easier to read than code, are
     less precise, and tend to fall out of sync with the code (so that
  they
     either obfuscate it rather than explaining it, or require extra
     maintenance effort that doesn't improve the code).