Before C there was BCPL -- Basic Combined Programming Language -- which influenced a language called "B". Then a new language developed as an enhanced version of B, so it was named C.
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C and it's variants (C++, C#, etc...) are all programming languages. C is simply a method of using words and alphanumeric characters to create a set of instructions that form a program.
C does not stand for any specific abbreviation. C is from CPL (Computer Programming Language), then BCPL (Basic Computer Programming Language), which spawned both B (pretty much unused now) and C.
The C in Vitamin C came from the name of the person who first discovered it: Charlie Vitamin C is also known as L-ascorbic acid or L-ascorbate... The person responsibile for identifying vitamin C...
Hey, You should try the link given below: (related to programming) http://q-lang.sourceforge.net/qcalc/qdoc_15.html (If it is QCC it can be Quality Control Circle also or Quality Core Curriculum)