COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ALGORITHMS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A written design of a program without worrying about the syntax.
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A diagram that shows the flow of a program.
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The code used to solve a problem with all of the correct syntax.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition: Pseudocode is an informal way of programming description that does not require any strict programming language syntax or underlying technology considerations. It is used for creating an outline or a rough draft of a program.
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is: Pseudocode is language agnostic. This means that pseudocode language has a mode of data transmission that is not known to the machine program functions. It is only human understandable.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pseudo code: It’s simply an implementation of an algorithm in the form of annotations and informative text written in plain English. It has no syntax like any of the programming language and thus can’t be compiled or interpreted by the computer.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mathematical style pseudocode is sometimes referred to as pidgin code, for example pidgin ALGOL (the origin of the concept), pidgin Fortran, pidgin BASIC, pidgin Pascal, pidgin C, and pidgin Lisp.