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This lecture covers control structures in C language, including conditional branching and loops, as well as the concept of functions. It explains the autonomy and scope of blocks, the use of global and local variables, and the importance of avoiding global variables. The lecture also delves into the syntax and functionality of functions, emphasizing the reusability and organization they bring to a program. Examples and best practices for defining, prototyping, and using functions are provided, along with insights on passing arguments and the differences between pass by value and pass by reference. The importance of function naming and the concept of function overload are also discussed.