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Engineering Problem Solving in C

The document discusses the basics of computer hardware, software, and the C programming language. It provides an overview of the central processing unit, memory, and input/output components of computer hardware. It also describes operating systems, software tools, and computer languages including machine language, assembly language, and high-level languages like C. The document outlines the process of compiling, linking, and executing a computer program. It introduces key terms and provides an example of a simple C program to sum two numbers.

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Engineering Problem Solving in C

The document discusses the basics of computer hardware, software, and the C programming language. It provides an overview of the central processing unit, memory, and input/output components of computer hardware. It also describes operating systems, software tools, and computer languages including machine language, assembly language, and high-level languages like C. The document outlines the process of compiling, linking, and executing a computer program. It introduces key terms and provides an example of a simple C program to sum two numbers.

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Etter/Ingber

Engineering Problem Solving


with C
Fundamental Concepts
Chapter 1
Engineering Problem Solving
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Computing Systems:
Hardware and Software
A computer is a machine designed to perform operations
specified with a set of instructions called a program.
Hardware refers to the computer equipment.
keyboard, mouse, terminal, hard disk, printer
Software refers to the programs that describe the steps we
want the computer to perform.
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CPU
Computer Hardware
CPU - Central processing unit
ALU - Arithmetic and logic unit
ROM - Read only memory
RAM - Random access memory

Internal
Memory
External
Memory
Input Output
Processor
ALU
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Computer Software
Operating System - Provides an interface with the user
unix, windows, linux, ...
Software Tools
word processors (MicrosoftWord, WordPerfect, ...)
spreadsheet programs (Excel, Lotus1-2-3, ...)
mathematical computation tools (MATLAB, Mathematica, ...)
Computer Languages
machine language
assembly language
binary language
high level languages (C, C++, Ada, Fortran, Basic, java)
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Executing a Computer Program

Compiler
Converts source program to object program
Linker
Converts object program to executable program

Compile Link/load Execute
C language
program
Machine
language
program
Program
output
Input data
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Key Terms
Source Program
printable/Readable Program file
Object Program
nonprintable machine readable file
Executable Program
nonprintable executable code
Syntax errors
reported by the compiler
Linker errors
reported by the linker
Execution/Run-time errors
reported by the operating system
Logic errors
not reported

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The C Programming Language
General purpose, machine-independent
language
Developed at Bell Labs in 1972 by Dennis
Ritchie
American National Standards Institute(ANSI)
approved ANSI C standard in 1989
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An Engineering Problem-Solving
Methodology
1. PROBLEM STATEMENT
2. INPUT/OUTPUT DESCRIPTION
3. HAND EXAMPLE
4. ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT
5. TESTING
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First Program - sum two numbers
/******************************************************************/
/* Program chapter1 */
/* */
/* This program computes the sum two numbers */

#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
/* Declare and initialize variables. */
double number1 = 473.91, number2 = 45.7, sum;

/* Calculate sum. */
sum = number1 + number2;

/* Print the sum. */
printf(The sum is %5.2f \n, sum);

/* Exit program. */
return 0;
}
/***************************************************************************/

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