Basic

A box with rounded corners that stay round at any size.

rounded rectangle, rounded square, box, task, card, flowchart, state, action, uml

A box with fully rounded ends: the start or end of a flowchart.

pill, start, end, terminator, start/end, stadium, flowchart

A box with a bar inside each side: a step described elsewhere.

subprocess, predefined process, subroutine, box with side bars, flowchart

A box with a pointed bottom: the flow continues on another page.

off-page reference, off-page connector, home plate, flowchart

use case, uml

decision, uml

A slanted box: data going in or out of a flowchart.

parallelogram, data, input, output, i/o, flowchart

A five-sided shape with a point at the top.

pentagon, five sides, polygon

A six-sided shape, flat at the top and bottom: preparation in a flowchart.

hexagon, six sides, polygon, preparation, flowchart

A seven-sided shape with a point at the top.

heptagon, seven sides, polygon

node, uml

database, uml

A star with six points.

star, six-point star, 6-point star, star 6, hexagram

A star with seven points.

star, seven-point star, 7-point star, star 7