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Nassi–Shneiderman diagram
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<p>A Nassi–Shneiderman diagram (NSD) in computer programming is a <a href="/facts/Visual_modeling/yqoMpqxu">graphical design</a> representation for <a href="/facts/Structured_programming/zA8b8dP1">structured programming</a>. This type of <a href="/facts/Diagram/H0PKEUrI">diagram</a> was developed in 1972 by <a href="/facts/Isaac_Nassi/TqMdM9Eu">Isaac Nassi</a> and <a href="/facts/Ben_Shneiderman/y6JH0pFh">Ben Shneiderman</a> who were both graduate students at <a href="/facts/Stony_Brook_University/4LwsKo7h">Stony Brook University</a>. These diagrams are also called structograms, as they show a program's structures. </p>