This textbook is designed to meet the requirements of undergraduate students of India. This book offers a fully updated, comprehensive survey of computer science theory and the C programming language. A highly visual approach has been used to explain fundamental programming concepts. Detailed discussions on several important topics pertaining to C programming have been included in the book, such as functions, arrays, pointers, strings, structures and unions, dynamic memory allocation functions, applications of programming in C, and many more. Each topic has been supplemented with an illustrative program to aid in faster and effective understanding for the students. The chapters include useful pedagogical features such as chapter objectives, solved examples, tables and illustrations, and end-of-chapter exercises including review questions, practice sets, problems and projects.
- Offers a groundbreaking visual approach, including a wide variety of figures, tables, and programs
- Uses a large number of examples, ranging from code snippets to complete implementations requiring several functions, providing the student with a range of techniques to study and practice
- Contains extensive end-of-chapter pedagogy, including a robust problem set featuring review questions, exercises, problems, and projects
- Covers all the requirements of computer science theory and C programming course offered by across all the universities in India
Online Material
Cengage Digital App includes: Exercises, Solutions, Computer programs, Character sets, and Glossary
- Introduction to Computers
- Introduction to C Language
- Decision making, Arrays, Strings and Pointers
- Functions, Structures and Union
- Files
Behrouz A. Forouzan has more than 32 years of electronics and computer science experience in industry and academia. His industry experience includes designing electronic systems. After leaving industry, he joined De Anza College as a professor of computer science. He has co-authored nine other textbooks on computer science.
Richard F. Gilberg has more than 40 years of computer science experience in industry and academia. His industrial experience includes the development of large application systems, database administration, system testing, and data administration. After leaving industry, he joined De Anza College as a professor of computer science. He has co-authored several other textbooks on computer science.
Adaptors:
J. Jaya
Principal
S. Shankar
Head of the Department,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
I. Jasmine Selvakumari Jeya
Head of the Department,
Department of Information Technology
M. Ramya Devi
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology
