Computer System and Programming in C for BTech First Year

This is an online topic wise solutions & notes on Computer System and Programming in C for BTech First Year Students.

Unit 1 

Basics of Computer:

• Introduction to analog & digital computer
• Basic function & application of computer
• Components of computer
• Generation of Computers
• Classification of computers

Introduction to operating system:

• DOS (purpose, function, services and types)
• Windows (purpose, function, services and types)
• Linux (purpose, function, services and types)
• Android (purpose, function, services and types)

Number system :

• Binary Number Systems
• Octal Number Systems
• Hexadecimal Number Systems
• Mutual Conversions
• Binary Arithmetic

Basics of Programming:

• Approaches to Problem Solving
• Concept of algorithm and flow charts

Types of computer languages:

• Machine Language
• Assembly Language
• High Level Language
• Comparison of Machine, Assembly & High Level Languages.
• Concept of Assembler, Compiler, Loader and Linker

Unit2

Fundamental data types:

• Character
• Integer
• Short
• Long
• Unsigned
• Single
• Double floating point

Storage classes:

• Automatic
• Register
• Static
• External

Operators:

• Arithmetic Operators
• Relational Operators
• Logical Operators
• Bitwise Operators
• Assignment Operators
• Misc. Operators

Fundamentals of C programming:

• Structure of C program
• Writing and Executing the first C program
• Components of C language
• Standard I/O in C

Unit3

Conditional program execution:

• Applying if and switch statements
• Nesting if and else
• Use of break and default with switch
• Program loops and iterations
• Use of while Loop
• Use of do-while Loop
• Use of For loop
• Nested Loops in C
• Use of break and continue statements

Functions:

• Introduction
• Types of functions
• Functions with array
• Passing values to functions
• Recursive functions

Unit 4

• Arrays
• Array notation and representation
• Manipulating array elements
• Using multi-dimensional arrays
• Structure
• Union
• Enumerated data types

Unit 5

Pointers:

• Introduction
• Declaration
• Applications

Unit 6

• File handling
• Standard C pre-processors
• Defining and calling macros
• Conditional compilation
• Passing values to the compiler