FAQ for C

A virtual address is composed of the selector and offset. A near pointer doesn’t have explicit selector whereas far, and huge pointers have explicit selector. When you perform pointer arithmetic on the far pointer, the selector is not modified, but in case of a huge pointer, it can be modified. These are the non-standard keywords … Read more

Brain Kernighan. After Dennis Ritchie, the main contributor in designing the C language was Brian Kernighan. He co-authored the book “The C Programming Language” with Dennis Ritchie, which served as the definitive reference for C programming and contributed significantly to the widespread adoption and understanding of the language.

The new line escape sequence is represented by “\n”. It inserts a new line on the output screen. In C, the newline escape sequence is represented by \n. It is used to move the cursor to the beginning of the next line when it’s encountered in a string. This is commonly used in printing text … Read more

The getch() function reads a single character from the keyboard. It doesn’t use any buffer, so entered data will not be displayed on the output screen. The getche() function reads a single character from the keyword, but data is displayed on the output screen. Press Alt+f5 to see the entered character. In C programming, both … Read more

The ANSI stands for ” American National Standard Institute.” It is an organization that maintains the broad range of disciplines including photographic film, computer languages, data encoding, mechanical parts, safety and more. In the context of C programming, ANSI stands for the American National Standards Institute. It’s a private non-profit organization that oversees the development … Read more