C Program to Check Vowel or Consonant

In this article, you will learn to check whether an alphabet entered by the user is a vowel or a consonant. English alphabets a, e, i, o and u both lowercase and uppercase are known as vowels. Alphabets other than vowels are known as consonants. We check whether given character matches any of the 5 vowels. If yes,… Read More »

Linear Search

In this tutorial, you will learn about linear search. Linear search is a very simple and basic search algorithm. It is basically a sequential search algorithm. We have to write a C Program which finds the position of an element in an array using Linear Search Algorithm. Examples : Input : arr[] = {40, 60, 10, 20, 50,… Read More »

Users in DBMS environment

Database Management System (DBMS) is used to optimize and manage the storage and retrieval of data from databases. DBMS offers a systematic approach to manage databases and workloads accessing the databases. DBMS allows users to create their own databases as per their requirement. DBMS has various advantages and properties over traditional file system. In this article, we learn… Read More »

Characteristics of DBMS

Database is a collection of inter-related data which helps in efficient retrieval, insertion and deletion of data from database and organizes the data in the form of tables, views, schemas, reports etc. We can break it like this DBMS = Database + Management System. Database Management System (DBMS) is used to optimize and manage the storage and retrieval… Read More »

Applications of Operating System

An Operating System (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. Application programs usually require an operating system to function. The fundamental goal of a Computer System is to execute user programs and to make tasks easier. There are various types of operating systems. Applications of Operating System… Read More »

Functions of an Operating System

Operating systems were first developed in the late 1950s to manage tape storage. The present-day popular OS Windows first came to existence in 1985 when a GUI was created and paired with MS-DOS. An Operating System acts as a communication bridge (interface) between the user and computer hardware. The purpose of an operating system is to provide a… Read More »

C Preprocessors

Prerequisite – C language C Preprocessor is not a part of the compiler, but is a separate step in the compilation process. Preprocessors are programs that process our source code before compilation. C Preprocessor is just a text substitution tool that instructs compiler to do required pre-processing before actual compilation. All preprocessor commands begin with a hash symbol… Read More »

Types of Operating Systems

Operating System (OS) is an interface between a computer user and computer hardware, which performs all the basic tasks like file management, memory management, process management, handling input and output, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. Types of Operating Systems : Some popular Operating Systems include Linux Operating System, Windows Operating System, VMS, OS/400,… Read More »