About Turbo C Compiler

About Turbo C
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  • Turbo C is an IDE for writting C Programs.
  • Turbo C IDE is created by Borland
  • Turbo C IDE (version 3.0) is based on MS-DOS Operating System
  • Turbo C uses 16 bit 8086 microprocessor
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  • 8086 have 20 address buses.
  • 8086 have 16 data buses.
  • 8086 have word length = two byte.
[/arrowlist] Size of data types in Turbo C 3.0 :

Data type
Size
short int
2
int
2
long int
4
char
1
float
4
double
8
long double
10
Specification of Borland C/C++ 3.0 :

Byte ordering          : Little Endianness
Default pointer        : Near
Default memory model   : Small
To compile a c program : Alt + F9
To run a c program     : Ctrl + F9