IDRASAcademic OS
CS305Semester III • BTECH-CSIT

Systems Programming in C

Low-level memory management, pointers, bitwise manipulation, system calls, and performance optimization.

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Handbooks
OFFICIAL COURSE TEXTBOOKIDRAS Master Book & Interactive Engine

Systems Programming in C (CS305): Complete Digital Textbook & Labs

Comprehensive curriculum-aligned chapters, embedded interactive simulators, deep micro-concepts, and university exam/viva solutions.

Coding Practice Chapter Modules

Hands-on Practice Modules (1 Chapters)

Progressive coding topics taught through live code examples, exercises, and execution traces.

UNIT 1 INTERACTIVE LABORATORYLive Interactive Sim

C Pointers, Memory Addresses & Dereferencing Simulator

Launch Unit Lab

Virtual process address space (Stack, Heap, BSS, Data, Text), pointer arithmetic, dynamic memory lifecycle, struct alignment, and function pointers.

Topic 1INTERMEDIATE~35 mins

Pointers, Indirection, and Heap Memory Lifecycle in C

Foundational breakdown of computer memory architecture: address-of (&), dereferencing (*), pointer arithmetic scaling, heap allocation via malloc/free, and memory safety.

Topic 2INTERMEDIATE~35 mins

C Dynamic Memory Lifecycle: malloc, calloc, realloc, free & Valgrind Diagnostics

In-depth breakdown of the OS heap allocator, brk/sbrk system calls, memory fragmentation, dangling pointers, memory leaks, and memory sanitizer tooling.

Topic 1INTERMEDIATE~45 mins

Pointers, Memory Architecture and Dynamic Allocation in C

Foundational understanding of hardware memory addresses, pointer dereferencing, arithmetic, and heap allocation.