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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Relation between a flow chart and an algorithm

A flowchart is a type of diagram that represents an algorithm, workflow or process, showing the steps as boxes of various kinds, and their order by connecting them with arrows. This diagrammatic representation illustrates a solution to a given problem. Flowcharts are used in analyzing, designing, documenting or managing a process or program in various fields.
Flow chart is very important tool for developing algorithm and program. It is pictorial representation of step by step solution of a problem.
Programmer often uses it as a program planning tool for visually organising step necessary to solve a problem. It uses boxes of different shapes that denotes different type of instruction.
While making a flow chart a programmer need not to pay attention on the elements of the programming language, he has to pay attention to the logic of solution to the problem
wheres the term algorithm refers to the logic. It is step by step description how to arrive at the solution to the problem. Algorithm is define as sequence of instruction that when executed in the specified sequence the desired results are obtained.
The set of rules that define how a particular problem can be solved in finite number of steps is known as algorithm.

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