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    C is a widely used programming language developed in the 1970s for use with UNIX. It is valued for its efficiency and is commonly used for system software and applications. Static variables retain their value between function calls or make a variable visible only within a file. The different storage classes in C are automatic, static, and allocated, where automatic variables exist within a scope and static makes a variable retain its value or limit its scope to a file. Hashing is a technique that is used to map data of an arbitrary size to data of a fixed size.

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    C is a widely used programming language developed in the 1970s for use with UNIX. It is valued for its efficiency and is commonly used for system software and applications. Static variables retain their value between function calls or make a variable visible only within a file. The different storage classes in C are automatic, static, and allocated, where automatic variables exist within a scope and static makes a variable retain its value or limit its scope to a file. Hashing is a technique that is used to map data of an arbitrary size to data of a fixed size.

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    What is C language?

    The C programming language is a standardized programming language developed in the early 1970s by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie for use on the UNIX operating system. It has since spread to many other operating systems, and is one of the most widely used programming languages. C is prized for its efficiency, and is the most popular programming language for writing system software, though it is also used for writing applications.

    What does static variable mean?


    There are 3 main uses for the static. 1. If you declare within a function: It retains the value between function calls 2.If it is declared for a function name: By default function is extern..so it will be visible from other files if the function declaration is as static..it is invisible for the outer files 3. Static for global variables: By default we can use the global variables from outside files If it is static global..that variable is limited to with in the file.

    What are the different storage classes in C ?


    C has three types of storage: automatic, static and allocated. Variable having block scope and without static specifier have automatic storage duration. Variables with block scope, and with static specifier have static scope. Global variables (i.e, file scope) with or without the the static specifier also have static scope. Memory obtained from calls to malloc(), alloc() or realloc() belongs to allocated storage class.

    What is hashing?

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