ALGORITHM AND FLOWCHART

Algorith is named after a Persian mathematician

Mohammad Al-Khwarizmi

sequential solution of any problem

Algorithm

written in human understandable form

Algorithm

describes step by step action to solve a problem

Algorithm

self contained step by step set of operations to be performed to solve a specific problem or a class of probems

Algorithm

is a sequence of instructions that comply the rules of a specific programming language, written to perform a specified task with a computer

Computer Program

graphical representation of an algorithm often used in the design phase of programming to work out the logical flow of the program

flowchart

represents the start or end point

oval

line is a connector that shows relationships betwwen the representative shapes

arrows

presents input or output

parallelogram

a parellogram represents

input or output

represents a process

rectangle

rectangle represents

process

indicates decision

diamond

a diamond indicates

decision

on page connector

circle

offpage connector

Five-pointed polygon

order of execution, refers to the order in which the code will execute

sequence

like branching is a method of controlling the execution sequence

selection

used to refer to collections of arrays of variables and data

iteration