dataflow graph
nounUK /ˈdeɪtəfləʊ ɡrɑːf/
US /ˈdeɪtəfloʊ ɡræf/
A picture that shows how information moves from one step to the next.
The teacher drew a dataflow graph to show how our messages travel through the computer.
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2. A diagram in computing that shows how data moves between processes, storage, and external sources.
The engineer reviewed the dataflow graph before optimizing the program.
3. A directed graph in which nodes represent operations and edges represent the data passed between them.
Each node in the dataflow graph waits for its inputs before it runs.
4. A visual model used in software design to trace where information comes from and where it goes.
The team used a dataflow graph to find where the customer records were being lost.