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Sets

  Sets A set is an unordered collection of unique elements. Sets are similar to lists, but they have some important differences. Unordered: Sets are unordered, which means that the elements do not have a specific order. An unordered set in Python, also known as a set, is a built-in data structure that stores a collection of unique elements. Unlike other data structures like lists or tuples, sets do not maintain any specific order of the elements. This means that the elements of a set are not indexed, and you cannot access them by their position. The main characteristic of a set is that it does not allow duplicate elements. If you try to add an element to a set that is already present, it will not be added again. Sets are useful when you need to store a collection of distinct items and perform operations like union, intersection, and difference between sets.   Unique: Sets are unique, which means that no element can appear more than once in a set. A unique set, also known as ...