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pseudo-code

American  
[soo-doh-kohd] / ˈsu doʊˌkoʊd /

noun

Computers.
  1. a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.


Etymology

Origin of pseudo-code

First recorded in 1950–55