DATA FLOW DIAGRAM
5. DATA FLOW DIAGRAM
Data Flow Diagram (DFD) specifies data sources and data sinks ,data stores, transformation to be performed on the flow of data between transformation and stores. A data store is a conceptual data structure in the sense that physical implementation details are suppressed only the logical characteristics of data are emphasized on a DFD. sources, sinks,
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