Warnier/Orr diagram
Okay, so think about drawing a picture of your dream house. You might draw a square for the house, a triangle for the roof, and some rectangles for the windows, right?
Well, when engineers and computer programmers design systems, they use special pictures too! One of these pictures is called a Warnier/Orr diagram. It helps them plan how the different parts of a system will work together.
Now, instead of drawing a picture of a house, they start with little circles to represent different functions of the system - like "add numbers together" or "print out a report." Then, they connect those circles with lines to show how they work together.
But here's where it gets even more cool: they use different kinds of lines to show different things! A solid line might mean "this function always has to happen" and a dotted line might mean "this function only happens sometimes." And arrows might show "this function depends on the one before it."
By using special symbols and rules like this, the engineers and programmers can make sure all the different parts of the system will work smoothly together. It's like drawing a picture that they can all understand, even if they speak different languages. Isn't that neat?
Well, when engineers and computer programmers design systems, they use special pictures too! One of these pictures is called a Warnier/Orr diagram. It helps them plan how the different parts of a system will work together.
Now, instead of drawing a picture of a house, they start with little circles to represent different functions of the system - like "add numbers together" or "print out a report." Then, they connect those circles with lines to show how they work together.
But here's where it gets even more cool: they use different kinds of lines to show different things! A solid line might mean "this function always has to happen" and a dotted line might mean "this function only happens sometimes." And arrows might show "this function depends on the one before it."
By using special symbols and rules like this, the engineers and programmers can make sure all the different parts of the system will work smoothly together. It's like drawing a picture that they can all understand, even if they speak different languages. Isn't that neat?