C Programming

Mastery of the fundamentals of C programming; understanding how algorithms and abstract data structures are implemented in the machine.

• The Basics of Programming Languages: Variables, Constants, Types, Operators, Expressions, Statements, Control Structures, Functions

• Representation of the environment in memory; the concept of address

• Physical representations of abstract data structures: record, array,

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• The different memory segments of a process: ordinal counter, data, stack, heap

• Principles of Function Calls

• Static and Dynamic Allocation

• Kernel Mode and System Calls: I/O and File Access

• Modularity

• Compilation and Linking: Using the `make` Tool

• Debugger