flowchart

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
 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 grinder}s, 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).