Basic Flowchart Symbols and Meaning

Flowchart Symbols and Meaning, workflow diagram symbols, process flow diagram symbols

Flowcharts are the best for visually representation the business processes and the flow of a custom-order process through various departments within an organization. ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Flowcharts solution offers the full set of predesigned basic flowchart symbols which are gathered at two libraries: Flowchart and Flowcharts Rapid Draw. Among them are: process, terminator, decision, data, document, display, manual loop, and many other specific symbols. The meaning for each symbol offered by ConceptDraw gives the presentation about their proposed use in professional Flowcharts for business and technical processes, software algorithms, well-developed structures of web sites, Workflow diagrams, Process flow diagram and correlation in developing on-line instructional projects or business process system. Use of ready flow chart symbols in diagrams is incredibly useful - you need simply drag desired from the libraries to your document and arrange them in required order. There are a few serious alternatives to Visio for Mac, one of them is ConceptDraw PRO. It is one of the main contender with the most similar features and capabilities.

How to Build a Flowchart

Windows 8 apps - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Windows 8 apps" contains 40 shortcut icons of Windows 8 software applications.
Use this shortcut UI icon set to design graphic user interface (GUI) prototypes of your software apps for Windows 8.
"In computing, a file shortcut is a handle in a user interface that allows the user to find a file or resource located in a different directory or folder from the place where the shortcut is located.

Shortcuts are typically implemented as a small file containing a target URI or GUID to an object, or the name of a target program file that the shortcut represents. The shortcut might additionally specify parameters to be passed to the target program when it is run. Each shortcut can have its own icon. Shortcuts are very commonly placed on a desktop, in an application launcher panel such as the Microsoft Windows Start menu, or in the main menu of a desktop environment. ...
File shortcuts (also known as shell links) were introduced in Windows 95. Microsoft Windows uses .lnk as the filename extension for shortcuts to local files, and .URL for shortcuts to remote files, like web pages. Commonly referred to as "shortcuts" or "link files", both are displayed with a curled arrow overlay icon by default, and no filename extension. ...
Shortcut files can be used to launch programs in minimized or maximized window states if the program supports it. ...
Beginning with Windows 7, some shortcuts also store Application User Model IDs (AppUserModelIDs). Instead of the target command line, AppUserModelIDs may directly be used to launch applications. Shortcuts with AppUserModelIDs are used by some desktop programs and all WinRT Modern apps for launching." [File shortcut. Wikipedia]
The shortcut icons example "Windows 8 apps - Vector stencils library" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Windows 8 User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Alarms

Calculator

Calendar

Camera

Dashboard

Database

Exel 2013

Finance

Food + Drink

Games

Health + Fitness

Help+Tips

Internet Explorer

Language

Mail

Maps

Music

News

SkyDrive

OneNote

Outlook 2013

PC Settings

People

Photos

PowerPoint 2013

Reading List

Scanner

Sound Recorder

Skype

Sports

Store

Spreadsheet

Telemetry Center

Travel

Upload Center

Video

Viewer

Visio 2013

Weather

Word 2013

Used Solutions

Software Development >

Windows 8 User Interface

AWS Database - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "AWS Database" contains 30 Amazon Web Services database icons: Amazon DynamoDB symbols, Amazon Relational Database Service symbols, Amazon ElasticCache symbols, Amazon SimpleDB symbols, Amazon Redshift symbols.
Use it to draw AWS architecture diagrams of your cloud service.
The symbols example "AWS Database - Vector stencils library" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the AWS Architecture Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

DynamoDB

Table

Item

Items

Attribute

Attributes

Global secondary index

Amazon RDS

RDS DB instance

RDS DB instance standby (Multi-AZ)

RDS DB instance read replica

MySQL DB instance

Oracle DB instance

MS SQL instance

PostgreSQL instance

SQL master

SQL slave

PIOP

ElastiCache

Cache node

Redis

Memcached

Amazon SimpleDB

Domain

Amazon Redshift

Solid state disks

DW2 Dense Compute

DW1 Dense Compute

Used Solutions

Computer and Networks >

AWS Architecture Diagrams

Cloud clipart - Vector stencils library

This vector stencils library contains 195 cloud computing icons.
Use it to design cloud computing infographic and diagrams with ConceptDraw PRO software.
"Cloud computing, also on-demand computing, is a kind of Internet-based computing that provides shared processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand. It is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services), which can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort. Cloud computing and storage solutions provide users and enterprises with various capabilities to store and process their data in third-party data centers.
Cloud computing has become a highly demanded service or utility due to the advantages of high computing power, cheap cost of services, high performance, scalability, accessibility as well as availability." [Cloud computing. Wikipedia]
The vector stencils library "Cloud clipart" is included in the Cloud Computing Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Access point

Airport

Alert

Banknote

Banknote bundle

Banknote bundles

Backup

Bar chart

Big data

Book (closed)

Book (open)

Books

Box, close

Box, open

Braces

Brackets

Bug

Building

Bus

Cable connection

Calculator

Calendar

Car

CD/DVD

Check list

Check mark

Clock

Cloud

Cloud computing

Cloud database

Cloud hosting

Cloud storage

Code

Coffee cup

Coin

Coins stack

Coins stacks

Communication

Computer terminal

Console

CPU

Credit card

Cubes

Dashboard

Database

Databases

Datacenter

Dialog box

Dialog boxes

Document

Documents

Dollar sign

Download

Earth

Equal sign

Ethernet jack

Ethernet plug

Euro sign

Exclamation mark

Eye

Feed symbol

Feedback

File

Files

Filter

Firewall

Flash drive

Folder

Folders

Gamepad

Gauge

Gear

Gears, 2

Gears, 3

Globe

Hacker

Hard drive

Heart

Heart rhythm

Home

Hosting

Hotel

House

Image

Info

IP phone

Jet

Key

Keyboard

Laptop

Lego

Letter

Light bulb

Lightning

Line chart

Linux penguin

List

Load balancer

Location mark

Lock, close

Lock, open

Lock and key

Log

Logout

Magnifying glass

Mail

Map

Memory (RAM)

Microphone

Minus sign

Mobile phone

Monitor

Mouse

Movie

Music

Music player

Network

Network bus

Newspaper

NIC (Network interface controller)

Not found (Error 404)

Notebook

Office printer

Operator

Page

Pages

Pencil

Photo

Photo camera

Pie chart

Platform

Plus sign

Pound sign

Printer

Puzzle

Puzzles, 2x2

Puzzles, 3x3

Question sign

Rackmount server

Router

Safe

Satellite

Satellite antenna

Schedule

Sensor

Server

Server rack

Shield

Ship

Shopping bag

Shopping basket

Shopping cart

Smartphone

Social network

Software box

Sound

Spider

Spreadsheet

SSD

Star

Stars, 5

Stethoscope

Stickman

Stickmen

Suitcase

Support

Switch

Syringe

Tablet computer

Tools

Train

Truck

Truck 2

Umbrella

Upload

User man

User woman

User profile

Video

Video camera

Video mail

Virtual disk

Virus

Wallet

Web camera

Wifi antenna

Wireless

Wrench

X cross symbol

Yen sign

Used Solutions

Computer and Networks >

Cloud Computing Diagrams

Windows 8 apps - Vector stencils library

Alarms

Calculator

Calendar

Camera

Dashboard

Database

Exel 2013

Finance

Food + Drink

Games

Health + Fitness

Help+Tips

Internet Explorer

Language

Mail

Maps

Music

News

SkyDrive

OneNote

Outlook 2013

PC Settings

People

Photos

PowerPoint 2013

Reading List

Scanner

Sound Recorder

Skype

Sports

Store

Spreadsheet

Telemetry Center

Travel

Upload Center

Video

Viewer

Visio 2013

Weather

Word 2013

Used Solutions

Software Development >

Windows 8 User Interface

Sales flowchart - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Sales flowchart" contains 62 sales process flow chart symbols.
Use these flow chart icon set to draw your sales flowcharts, workflow diagrams and process charts with the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The sales process flowchart symbols library "Sales flowchart" is included in the Sales Flowcharts solution from the Marketing area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Annotation

Card

Check / audit (diamond)

Check / audit (square)

Collate

Comment / note symbol (brace)

Communication link

Compare (diamond)

Compare (square)

Completed form

Concurrency symbol (fork / join)

Conditional selector

Control transfer

Database

Data input / output

Decision

Decision indicator - No

Decision indicator - Yes

Delay

Direct access storage

Disk storage

Display

Divided process (table view)

Document

Entity (rounded)

Event

Extract

Flow line

Internal storage

Junction symbol

Lined document

Lined / shaded process

Loop limit

Manual file

Manual input

Manual operation

Merge

Multi document

Multi process

Off-page reference - arrow

Off-page reference - incoming

Off-page reference - outgoing

On-page reference/ Inspection point

Page

Paper tape

Predefined process

Prepare conditional

Process step

Reference point

Sequential access storage

Sort

Start (circle)

Start (ellipse)

Stickman pictogram

Stored data

Summary

Tagged document

Tagged process

Terminal point

Title block

Torso pictogram

Used Solutions

Marketing >

Sales Flowcharts

Marketing - Design Elements

Marketing design element, Marketing clipart

If you need to pull together a quick marketing drawing, you'll find elements, samples, templates and libraries with vector clip art for drawing the Marketing Illustrations. These symbols and signs you can use in your design for Strategic Marketing, Graphic Design, Inbound and Content Marketing, Social Media, Lead Generation, Email Marketing and Automation, CRM implementation and Integration and more. This symbols used for marketing presentation, project management report, project management tracking tools and other types of creative project management software.

Mechanical Drawing Symbols

Mechanical Drawings are the special type of technical diagrams that visualize the structure of complex systems and illustrate the information about ventilation, heating, air conditioning, i.e. HVAC systems. These drawings are created on the base of floor plans and reflected ceiling plans, and then become an obligatory part of construction project which is needed directly for construction a building and for receiving a permit on it. Mechanical drawings and diagrams help effectively represent construction, technical and engineering solutions, and also schematics of different mechanical equipment. ConceptDraw PRO vector drawing software enhanced with Mechanical Engineering solution from Engineering area of ConceptDraw Solution Park provides wide set of effective drawing tools, predesigned mechanical drawing symbols, templates, samples and examples. Use of standardized and recognized mechanical vector symbols helps you design understandable mechanical drawings, diagrams and mechanical engineering schematics.

Network - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Network" contains 36 computer network icons.
Use it to design your IT and telecom illustrations and infographics with ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The vector stencils library "Network" is included in the Computers and Communications solution from the Illustration area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Server location

Server with file

Server download

Server processing

Server optimization

Server play

Server power

Server successfully

Server link

Server unlink

Server forbidden

PC network

Tablet connectivity

Data storage network

Database connectivity

PC network

Computers connectivity

Connection

Screen share

MacBook shared

Tablet share

Globe sharing

Home networking

Hosting

Database sharing

File share

Email share

Shared folder

Computer

Tower computer

Laptop

Active laptop

Network forbidden

Network access

Data transfer

Cloud data transfer

Used Solutions

Illustrations >

Computers and Communications

Logical symbols - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Logical symbols" contains 49 logical symbols for drawing logical network topology diagrams.
"Logical topology, or signal topology, is the arrangement of devices on a computer network and how they communicate with one another. How devices are connected to the network through the actual cables that transmit data, or the physical structure of the network, is called the physical topology. Physical topology defines how the systems are physically connected. It represents the physical layout of the devices on the network. The logical topology defines how the systems communicate across the physical topologies.
Logical topologies are bound to network protocols and describe how data is moved across the network. ... EXAMPLE : twisted pair Ethernet is a logical bus topology in a physical star topology layout. While IBM's token ring is a logical ring topology, it is physically set up in star topology." [Logical topology. Wikipedia]
The icons example "Logical symbols - Vector stencils library" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Computer and Networks solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
www.conceptdraw.com/ solution-park/ computer-and-networks

Coaxial Line Tag

Fiber Optic Line Tag

Twisted Pair Line Tag

SC2200 Signaling Controller

Bridge

Network Management Appliance

Access Server (Communications Server)

Terminal Server

Web Browser

Security Management, Cisco

Lock and Key

Lock

Key

Relational Database

Host

CSU/DSU

WAN

University

Government building

Home Office

Telecommuter House PC

Medium Building, Regular

Headquarters, Subdued

House, Regular

Small Business

Network Connector

Dynamic Connector

Line Connector

Line-curve Connector

Bus

FDDI Ring

Peer-to-peer

Token-ring

Star

Comm-link

Curved Bus

Ethernet

Cloud

Speaker

Microphone

Router

ATM Router

ISDN Switch

ATM Switch

ATM/FastGB Etherswitch

Workgroup Switch

Small Hub

100BaseT Hub

CDDI-FDDI

Used Solutions

Computer and Networks >

Computer Network Diagrams

Active Directory Sites and Services - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Active Directory Sites and Services" contains 12 symbol icons of Active Directory Sites and Services design elements for drawing high-level network topology plan diagrams.
"Active Directory® Sites and Services is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that you can use to administer the replication of directory data among all sites in an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest. This snap-in also provides a view of the service-specific objects that are published in AD DS. ...
Administrators who are responsible for forest-wide service administration can use Active Directory Sites and Services to manage the intersite replication topology for the forest. Administrators who are responsible for application services can be delegated responsibility for the service containers into which application-specific objects are published.
When you add the Active Directory Domain Services server role to a server, Active Directory Sites and Services is added to the Administrative Tools menu." [technet.microsoft.com/ en-us/ library/ cc730868.aspx]
The symbols example "Active Directory Sites and Services - Vector stencils library" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Active Directory Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
www.conceptdraw.com/ solution-park/ active-directory-diagrams

Site or Subnet

Site Link

WAN

Site Link Bridge

Domain

Domain controller

Application

Database

Comm-link

Client

Replication connection, unidireactional

Replication connection, bi-directional

Used Solutions

Computer and Networks >

Active Directory Diagrams

Cisco network topology - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Cisco network topology" contains 89 symbols of Cisco network devices and design elements for drawing computer network topology diagrams.
"There are two basic categories of network topologies:
(1) Physical topologies,
(2) Logical topologies.
The shape of the cabling layout used to link devices is called the physical topology of the network. This refers to the layout of cabling, the locations of nodes, and the interconnections between the nodes and the cabling. The physical topology of a network is determined by the capabilities of the network access devices and media, the level of control or fault tolerance desired, and the cost associated with cabling or telecommunications circuits.
The logical topology in contrast, is the way that the signals act on the network media, or the way that the data passes through the network from one device to the next without regard to the physical interconnection of the devices." [Network topology. Wikipedia]
The symbols example "Cisco network topology - Vector stencils library" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Cisco Network Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
www.conceptdraw.com/ solution-park/ computer-networks-cisco

Router

Broadband router

Router firewall

Wireless router

Workgroup switch

ATM switch

ISDN switch

Multilayer switch

Protocol translator

Communications server

Transpath

Bridge

Terminal server

Route switch processor

Content engine (cache director)

Management engine (ME 1100)

Switch processor

ITP

Voice gateway

BBSM

ATA

SIP Proxy server

NetRanger

Cisco 1000

System controller

ACE

Directory server

ADM

Cisco Unity Express

Unity server

Cisco security

CallManager

DSLAM

H.323

CDM (Content Distribution Manager)

ICM

Access point

Wireless bridge

Wireless connectivity

Guard

Mobile access router

Carrier Routing System (CRS)

Vault

Workstation

Macintosh

Cloud, gold

Cloud, white

Cloud, standard color

Cisco security management

PBX

DPT

Government building

Headquarters, blue

Router in building

Man

Woman

Workgroup switch, subdued

Router, subdued

File server

Firewall, horizontal

Firewall, vertical

Firewall, vertical, subdued

Lock

Key

Lock and key

Car

Truck

File cabinet

Breakout box

Breakout box, blue

Host

Relational database

Modem

BBS (Bulletin Board System)

Satellite

Satellite dish

UPS

RPS

MAU

PAD

PAD X.28

Diskette

Contact center

Page icon

Antenna

Antenna, blue

Radio tower

Used Solutions

Computer and Networks >

Cisco Network Diagrams

HR flowchart - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "HR flowchart" contains 62 flowchart symbols.
Use it to draw your HR flowcharts, workflow diagrams and process charts with the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The flow chart symbols library "HR flowchart" is included in the HR Flowcharts solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Annotation

Card

Check / audit (diamond)

Check / audit (square)

Collate

Comment / note symbol (brace)

Communication link

Compare (diamond)

Compare (square)

Completed form

Concurrency symbol (fork / join)

Conditional selector

Control transfer

Data input / output

Database

Decision

Decision indicator - No

Decision indicator - Yes

Delay

Direct access storage

Disk storage

Display

Divided process (table view)

Document

Entity (rounded)

Event

Extract

Flow line

Internal storage

Junction symbol

Lined document

Lined / shaded process

Loop limit

Manual file

Manual input

Manual operation

Merge

Multi document

Multi process

Off-page reference - arrow

Off-page reference - incoming

Off-page reference - outgoing

On-page reference/ Inspection point

Page

Paper tape

Predefined process

Prepare conditional

Process step

Reference point

Sequential access storage

Sort

Start (circle)

Start (ellipse)

Stickman pictogram

Stored data

Summary

Tagged document

Tagged process

Terminal point

Title block

Torso pictogram

Used Solutions

Management >

HR Flowcharts

Bar Graphs

The Bar Graphs solution enhances ConceptDraw PRO v10 functionality with templates, numerous professional-looking samples, and a library of vector stencils for drawing different types of Bar Graphs, such as Simple Bar Graph, Double Bar Graph, Divided Bar Graph, Horizontal Bar Graph, Vertical Bar Graph, and Column Bar Chart.

Flowchart - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Flowchart" contains 26 symbols for drawing flowcharts.
Use these shapes to draw your flow charts in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Flowcharts solution from the area "What is a Diagram" of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
www.conceptdraw.com/ solution-park/ diagram-flowcharts

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