  A term first coined by Mott back in 1968 a `pseudogap' is the depletion of
the electronic density of states at the Fermi level, and pseudogaps have been
observed in many systems. However, since the discovery of the high temperature
superconductors (HTSC) in 1986, the central role attributed to the pseudogap in
these systems has meant that by many researchers now associate the term
pseudogap exclusively with the HTSC phenomenon. Recently, the problem has got a
lot of new attention with the rediscovery of two distinct energy scales
(`two-gap scenario') and charge density waves patterns in the cuprates. Despite
many excellent reviews on the pseudogap phenomenon in HTSC, published from its
very discovery up to now, the mechanism of the pseudogap and its relation to
superconductivity are still open questions. The present review represents a
contribution dealing with the pseudogap, focusing on results from angle
resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and ends up with the conclusion
that the pseudogap in cuprates is a complex phenomenon which includes at least
three different `intertwined' orders: spin and charge density waves and
preformed pairs, which appears in different parts of the phase diagram. The
density waves in cuprates are competing to superconductivity for the electronic
states but, on the other hand, should drive the electronic structure to
vicinity of Lifshitz transition, that could be a key similarity between the
superconducting cuprates and iron based superconductors. One may also note that
since the pseudogap in cuprates has multiple origins there is no need to recoin
the term suggested by Mott.
