What is the difference between algorithm and pseudocode in computer science?

Answer 1

Pseudocode consists of short readable and formally-styled natural language used to explain specific tasks within a program's algorithm while an Algorithm is a set of instructions used to solve a particular problem.

Answer 2

An algorithm is a description of a method for accomplishing some task. For example, an algorithm for driving to a friend's house could be:

1. Find your keys

2. Get into the car

3. Start the engine

4. Put transmission into gear

etc...

Psuedocode is an implementation of an algorithm in a code-like format. For example, the above algorithm in psuedocode could look something like:

while(keys.location != "in your hand")

{

search_for_keys();

}

walk_to_car();

if(car.door == locked)

car.door.unlock();

engine.start();

...
An algorithm describes the steps required to solve a problem. Algorithms are written using natural language (e.g., English).

Pseudocode is a human-readable version of an algorithm written using an informal language that is very similar to a programming language but which can be more easily translated into any specific programming language.

Answer 3

An algorithm describes the step-by-step procedure required to solve a problem. Algorithms can be be combined such that the solutions to smaller problems can help resolve much larger problems.

A computer program is the implementation of one or more algorithms to solve a problem.

Answer 4

An algorithm is a procedure or formula for solving a problem; a finite series of computational steps to produce a result. Algorithms are typically expressed in a natural language (such as English) or in human-readable form known as pseudocode, an informal, high-level descriptive language that is often augmented with natural language and which can be easily translated into a machine-readable form. Pseudocode can also be used to demonstrate the operating principals of a computer program.

Answer 5

An algorithm can be informally described as being the step-by-step procedure or set of rules required to solve a given problem in a finite amount of time and space. A computer program can generally be thought of as being an algorithm intended to be processed by a machine, however a computer program is really only regarded as being an algorithm if it reaches a conclusion. For instance, a computer program that calculates every digit of PI cannot be regarded as being an algorithm because there is no solution; PI has infinite digits. However, a computer program that calculates the nth digit of PI would be an algorithm because the program will eventually stop.

Answer 6

Pseudocode is a statement which is not language specific, Psuedocode is not syntax related, consider it a plan for the algorithm, algorithm requires perfect syntax.

Answer 7

An algorithm defines the specific steps required to solve a problem. A computer program is the implementation of an algorithm.

Answer 8

algorithm is a step by step process in which we can solve the problem.