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Document
An electronic or paper document or report
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Multiple copies of one paper document
Illustrated by overlapping the document symbol and printing the document number on the face of the document in the upper-right corner
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Electronic Output
Information displayed by an electronic output device such as a terminal, monitor, or screen
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Electronic Data Entry / Keyboard
Electronic data entry device such as a computer, terminal, tablet, or phone
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Electronic Input and Output Device
The electronic data entry and output symbols are used together to show a device used for both
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Computer Processing
A computer-performed processing function; usually results in a change in data or information
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Manual Operation
A processing operation performed manually
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Database
Data stored electronically in a database
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Magnetic Tape
Data stored on a magnetic tape; tapes are popular back-up storage mediums
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Paper Document File
- File of paper documents; letters indicate file-ordering sequence:
- N = Numerically
- A = Alphabetically
- D = By date
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Journal / Ledger
Paper-based accounting journals and ledgers
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Document or Processing Flow
Direction of processing or document flow; normal flow is down and to the right
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Communication Link
Transmission of data from one geographic location to another via communication lines
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On-Page Connector
Connects the processing flow on the same page; its usage avoids lines crisscrossing a page
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Off-Page Connector
An entry from, or an exit to, another page
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Terminal
A beginning, end, or point of interruption in a process; also used to indicate an external party
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Decision
A decision-making step
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Annotation
Addition of descriptive comments or explanatory notes as clarification
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