<s>
Flow	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
is	O
a	O
collective	O
term	O
for	O
a	O
diagram	O
representing	O
a	O
flow	O
or	O
set	O
of	O
dynamic	O
relationships	O
in	O
a	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
flow	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
is	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
synonym	O
for	O
flowchart	B-Language
,	O
and	O
sometimes	O
as	O
a	O
counterpart	O
of	O
the	O
flowchart	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flow	B-Application
diagrams	I-Application
are	O
used	O
to	O
structure	O
and	O
order	O
a	O
complex	O
system	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
reveal	O
the	O
underlying	O
structure	O
of	O
the	O
elements	O
and	O
their	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
flow	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
is	O
used	O
in	O
theory	O
and	O
practice	O
in	O
different	O
meanings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
commonly	O
the	O
flow	B-Language
chart	I-Language
and	O
flow	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
are	O
used	O
in	O
an	O
interchangeable	O
way	O
in	O
the	O
meaning	O
of	O
a	O
representation	O
of	O
a	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flow	B-Language
chart	I-Language
or	O
flow	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
...	O
is	O
a	O
diagram	O
that	O
visually	O
displays	O
interrelated	O
information	O
such	O
as	O
events	O
,	O
steps	O
in	O
a	O
process	O
,	O
functions	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
organized	O
fashion	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
sequentially	O
or	O
chronologically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flow	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
 [ is ] 	O
a	O
graphic	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
physical	O
route	O
or	O
flow	O
of	O
people	O
,	O
materials	O
,	O
paperworks	O
,	O
vehicles	O
,	O
or	O
communication	O
associated	O
with	O
a	O
process	O
,	O
procedure	O
plan	O
,	O
or	O
investigation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
representation	O
of	O
such	O
a	O
system	O
can	O
be	O
supplemented	O
by	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
flowcharts	B-Language
,	O
which	O
show	O
the	O
sequence	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
flows	O
in	O
one	O
direction	O
,	O
or	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
control	O
flows	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
physical	O
movement	O
of	O
objects	O
from	O
one	O
location	O
to	O
another	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
visualized	O
in	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
maps	O
and	O
flowchart	B-Language
or	O
sankey	O
diagram	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
called	O
flow	B-Application
maps	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flow	B-Application
maps	I-Application
can	O
indicate	O
on	O
a	O
map	O
,	O
what	O
flows	O
,	O
moves	O
or	O
migrates	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
direction	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
which	O
quantities	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
theory	O
and	O
practice	O
specific	O
types	O
of	O
diagrams	O
are	O
also	O
called	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
flow	B-Application
diagrams	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
