Define Program, Programming, Programming Language

A set of instructions given to a computer to solve a particular problem is known as program and the task of developing program is known as programming, and the software in which you are writing program is known as programming language.

Syntax defines the set of rules for writing programs. Every language specification defines its own syntax.

Rules for writing a C Program:

1. Each instruction is written as a separate statement.
2. All keywords, syntax should be entered in small case letters.
3. Every C statement must end with a ';' (semi-colon), this is known as statement terminator.
4. The statements in a program must appear in the same order in which we wish them to be executed, unless jumping statements are not used.

A program in C-Language can be composed of:

• Variables Represents a named in memory block that can store values for the program.
• Literals Represents constant/fixed values.
• Operators Operators are the symbols that define how the operands will be processed.
• Keywords Keywords are the reserved words that have a special meaning.