Flow-based programming

In <a href="/facts/Computer_programming/QmSsFnu0">computer programming</a>, flow-based programming (FBP) is a <a href="/facts/Programming_paradigm/7LwgRpB3">programming paradigm</a> that defines <a href="/facts/Application_software/YQuj7Kog">applications</a> as networks of <a href="/facts/Black_box/hJeAGnIz">black box</a> <a href="/facts/Process_(computer_science)/Vcq7EnUV">processes</a>, which exchange data across predefined connections by <a href="/facts/Message_passing/RYf3hD3J">message passing</a>, where the connections are specified externally to the processes. These black box processes can be reconnected endlessly to form different applications without having to be changed internally. FBP is thus naturally <a href="/facts/Software_componentry/eW5wvSHC">component-oriented</a>.
FBP is a particular form of <a href="/facts/Dataflow_programming/60IdWpE1">dataflow programming</a> based on bounded buffers, information packets with defined lifetimes, named ports, and separate definition of connections.

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Flow-based programming