C

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general-purpose programming language procedural programming language programming language

C is a foundational, general-purpose programming language known for its efficiency, low-level memory access, and influence on many later languages such as C++, Java, and Python.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
C programming language 12
C (via Clang) 1
C API 1
C11 1
C89 1
The C Programming Language 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf general-purpose programming language ⓘ
procedural programming language ⓘ
programming language ⓘ
commonlyUsedFor compilers ⓘ
device drivers ⓘ
embedded systems ⓘ
high-performance applications ⓘ
operating systems ⓘ
designedBy Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
designedFor system programming ⓘ
developedAt Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
surface form: Bell Labs
executionModel compiled language ⓘ
firstAppeared 1972 ⓘ
hasFileExtension .c ⓘ
hasHeaderFileExtension .h ⓘ
hasStandardLibrary C standard library ⓘ
hasStandardVersion C11 ⓘ
C17 ⓘ
C23 ⓘ
C self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: C89

C90 ⓘ
C95 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 9899 ⓘ
surface form: C99
influenced C# programming language ⓘ
surface form: C#

C++ ⓘ
Go ⓘ
Java ⓘ
JavaScript ⓘ
Objective-C ⓘ
PHP ⓘ
Ruby ⓘ
surface form: Perl

Python ⓘ
Rust ⓘ
influencedBy Algol 68 ⓘ
surface form: ALGOL 68

B ⓘ
BCPL ⓘ
memoryModel manual allocation and deallocation ⓘ
paradigm imperative programming ⓘ
structured programming ⓘ
standardizedBy ANSI ⓘ
International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
surface form: ISO
standardName ISO/IEC 9899 ⓘ
supports arrays ⓘ
bitwise operations ⓘ
enumerations ⓘ
function pointers ⓘ
functions ⓘ
low-level memory access ⓘ
macros ⓘ
manual memory management ⓘ
pointer arithmetic ⓘ
preprocessor directives ⓘ
procedures ⓘ
recursion ⓘ
structs ⓘ
structured control flow ⓘ
structured data types ⓘ
unions ⓘ
typingDiscipline manifest typing ⓘ
static typing ⓘ
weak typing ⓘ
usedToImplement Unix ⓘ
surface form: Unix operating system

many modern programming language runtimes ⓘ

Referenced by (138)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: ISO/IEC 9899:2011
this entity surface form: C11
BCPL → ancestorOf → C ⓘ
this entity surface form: C programming language
C++ → basedOn → C ⓘ
Cyclone → basedOn → C ⓘ
this entity surface form: C programming language
this entity surface form: C programming language
SQL → canBeEmbeddedIn → C ⓘ
ODBC → compatibleWith → C ⓘ
this entity surface form: C programming language
this entity surface form: C programming language
this entity surface form: C programming language
subject surface form: NeXTstation
SQLite → hasAPI → C ⓘ
this entity surface form: C API
this entity surface form: The C Programming Language
C → hasStandardVersion → C self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: C89
ALGOL 60 → influenced → C ⓘ
Algol 68 → influenced → C ⓘ
BCPL → influenced → C ⓘ
this entity surface form: C programming language
C++ → influencedBy → C ⓘ
Go → influencedBy → C ⓘ
Java → influencedBy → C ⓘ
Julia → influencedBy → C ⓘ
PHP → influencedBy → C ⓘ
Perl → influencedBy → C ⓘ
Python → influencedBy → C ⓘ
this entity surface form: C programming language
subject surface form: Arena
subject surface form: CPython
subject surface form: Cinnamon
subject surface form: GNOME