In the diagram given below: ✱ indicates _____ process.

A flowchart represents an algorithm using a small, fixed set of symbols, each tied to one of the three basic control constructs of an algorithm — Sequence, Selection (decision), and Repetition (iteration). By convention: a rectangle marks a Process (a computation or assignment step), a parallelogram marks an Input/Output operation, a diamond marks a Decision, and a directed arrow that loops back to re-enter a decision or step already drawn — rather than moving forward to something new — marks a Repetition (a loop).

In the given diagram there are only two decision diamonds and connecting arrows — no rectangle and no parallelogram appear anywhere. The two arrows marked ✱ are exactly the backward-pointing paths: one returns from the first diamond's ‘N’ exit back into that same diamond's own entry point, and the other returns from the second diamond's ‘Y’ exit all the way back into the first diamond's entry point. Both re-enter a decision that has already been evaluated instead of advancing to a new step, which is the defining visual signature of a Repetition.

• Output would need a parallelogram carrying a value being displayed; no parallelogram is drawn anywhere in this diagram.

• Input would need a parallelogram receiving a value from outside the algorithm; again, no parallelogram is present.

• Process would need a rectangle containing a computation or assignment step; the diagram has no rectangle, only diamonds and arrows.

• Repetition matches: both marked arrows are backward loops returning control to an already-evaluated decision — the standard way a loop is drawn in a flowchart.

So the ✱-marked arrows indicate a Repetition process — that is, a loop back to an earlier decision point.