GCSE Computer Science/Flowcharts

Flowcharts

Specification link understand and use standard flowchart symbols to represent the above statements, commands and structures - 2016 CIE Syllabus p15

Flowcharts are an alternative to pseudocode. They are used to describe an algorithm in the form of a diagram. Different symbols are used to represent the different structures described above.

Symbol	Name	Use
	Terminator	Used to indicate the START or END of a flowchart.
	Process	Used to indicate any calculations or variable assignments.
	Decision	Used for conditional checks in selection and iteration.
	Input & Output	Used to input or output.

Below is an example flowchart algorithm: