Introduction to c

1. Introduction to C Programming
A Beginner-Friendly Overview

2. What is C Programming?
• • Developed in the early 1970s by Dennis
Ritchie at Bell Labs.
• • A general-purpose, procedural programming
language.
• • Known for performance, portability, and
low-level memory access.
• • Widely used in system/software
development, embedded systems, etc.

3. Why Learn C?
• • Builds a strong foundation in programming
concepts.
• • Used in real-time systems, OS development,
and firmware.
• • Helps understand how hardware interacts
with software.
• • Improves logical thinking and problem-
solving skills.

4. Basic Syntax
• • Statements end with a semicolon (;)
• • Curly braces {} define blocks of code.
• • #include is used to include standard
libraries.
• • The main() function is the entry point of a C
program.