pseudocode

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A description of a computer programming algorithm that uses the structural conventions of programming languages but omits detailed subroutines or language-specific syntax.
2. noun Any format or language that resembles a programming language but is not.

Similar words

write pseudocoding pseudolanguage pseudoalgorithm pseudoblock pseudoinstruction skeleton programming structured programming pseudoclass programming language

Often followed by

for is and to of in that or algorithm