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flowcharting

flowcharting

1 4.1
Making a picture that shows the steps in a process with boxes and arrows
  • noun
translation icon : diagramación
  • Flowcharting allows you to flowcharting visually organize complex processes into clear steps.
  • do some flowcharting

Examples

  • Part of the difficulty of less-skilled readers, on the other hand, may be that they have difficulty making connections among different pieces of information in the text, so the practice of flowcharting would facilitate their comprehension.

    Academic text (1990)
  • I did do some simple flowcharting and data analysis.

  • Though flowcharting has not, to my knowledge, been studied with second language readers, I think that Japanese second/foreign language students would probably benefit from it.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Flowcharting of assembly steps.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Flowcharting of assembly steps

    Academic text (1996)
  • It was felt that skilled readers already used a mental version of flowcharting, and so doing flowcharting on paper had less effect on their comprehension.

    Academic text (1990)
  • It was felt that skilled readers already used a mental version of flowcharting, and so doing flowcharting on paper had less effect on their comprehension.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Generalized audit software is the most frequently used technique, followed closely by flowcharting and custom-designed programs.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Flowcharting is nice for organization, but crappy for detail work (IMHO).

    Blog text (25)
  • In our project, flowcharting helped everyone understand the workflow more efficiently.

Synonyms

diagramming
vsflowcharting
1 4.0

The act of making drawings to show information or ideas

is specific to showing the sequence of steps in a process or system

Antonyms

438 3.1

A situation with no order where people are confused and cannot act normally

7 3.8

A lack of order or system that makes things untidy

How Detailed

mapping
15 3.3
flowcharting
1 4.1
diagramming
1 4.0

Surface Forms

flowcharting singular
flowchartings plural

Morphology

flowcharting = flowchart (transparent) = flow + chart + ing

The noun 'flowchart' clearly serves as the base, and '-ing' forms the activity or process of making one.

Etymology

The word flowcharting combines two plain words: flow ('movement') and chart ('a map or picture of information'). So flowcharting is the act of making a simple picture that shows how things move or the steps in a process.