Question

Your supervisor has just finished taking a college course in which she learned about flowcharting and data-flow diagrams. In the data-flow diagrams, there are four basic symbols that are used. Prepare a written paper describing and discussing these symbols, including the following: Why these symbols are important? How they can help accounting information systems to be better understood? 1-2 pages in length.

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