flow-based programming
nounA way of building computer programs by connecting small pieces that pass information to each other.
With flow-based programming, she linked the picture maker to the printer so the images came out automatically.
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2. A style of visual coding where you drag blocks and draw lines between them to show how data moves.
The kids used flow-based programming to make a game by snapping blocks together.
3. A method where each part of a program runs as soon as its input arrives, instead of waiting for a turn.
Flow-based programming let the weather app update the moment new data arrived.
4. An approach that treats a program as a network of independent processes connected by streams of information.
The engineer redesigned the system using flow-based programming so each sensor fed its own stream.