dataflowdiagram
nounUK /ˈdeɪtəfləʊ ˈdaɪəɡræm/
US /ˈdeɪtəfloʊ ˈdaɪəɡræm/
A picture that shows how information moves from one place to another.
The teacher drew a dataflowdiagram to show how our answers travel to the computer.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A chart used by programmers to plan how a program handles information.
Before coding, she sketched a dataflowdiagram of the login steps.
3. A visual tool in business for tracking where documents and records go.
The office team used a dataflowdiagram to find where orders got stuck.
4. A teaching aid that shows inputs, processes, and outputs as arrows and boxes.
Our science project included a dataflowdiagram of the water cycle.