3.1 Introduction Before writing a program to solve a particular problem, we must have a thorough understanding of the problem and a carefully planned solution approach. Chapters 3 and 4 discuss techniques that facilitate the development of structured computer programs. In Section 4.12, we present a summary of the structured programming techniques developed here and … Continue reading Chapter 3. Structured Program Development in C →

1.10 Test-Driving a C Application in Windows, Linux and Mac OS X In this section, you’ll run and interact with your first C application. You’ll begin by running a guess-the-number game, which randomly picks a number from 1 to 1000 and prompts you to guess it. If your guess is correct, the game ends. If … Continue reading Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers, the Internet and the Web – 2 →

1.3 Data Hierarchy Data items processed by computers form a data hierarchy that becomes larger and more complex in structure as we progress from the simplest data items (called “bits”) to richer ones, such as characters and fields. Figure 1.2 illustrates a portion of the data hierarchy. Bits The smallest data item in a computer … Continue reading Introduction to Computers, the Internet and the Web →