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    Let’s see an example of how to find the word ‘Orange’ in a dictionary:
                      1.   Find the dictionary section with the first letter of the word, ‘o’.
                      2.   Within the list of words starting with the first letter ‘o’, find the section having the second letter
                         of the word ‘r’.

                      3.   You need to do this process again with the third letter ‘a’, fourth letter ‘n’,  fifth letter ‘g’ and sixth
                         letter ‘e’, until you finally reach the word ‘orange’ in the dictionary and then find its meaning.
                      So,  to  find  the  meaning  of  a  particular  word  in  a  dictionary,  you  need  to  follow  a  set  of  steps.
                      Similarly, before writing a program for a given problem, it is important to define a set of steps which
                      need to be followed to solve the problem successfully. This sequence of the set of steps is called an
                      algorithm.
                                                              Q

                                                                  f         ANSWERS

                                                          A                 b      K

                                                        B         C                   a

                               The first computer game 'Spacewar' was created in 1961, by MIT programmer
                               Steve Russell and his team.

                      Pseudocode

                      Pseudocode is used to describe the steps of an algorithm in a human-understandable language. It has
                      no syntax and can be easily understood by a layman. So, pseudocode is an informal way of writing
                      programs in which there is no need to think about semi-colons, and curly brackets.
                      Characteristics of Pseudocode

                         It uses structured English statements.
                         It can be reviewed/verified easily to see if it generates the desired outcome.
                          You can focus on all possible scenarios. So, this helps you to understand the potential problems
                         that might come up later.

                         Writing pseudocode will help to write your code much easier.

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