argc refers to the number of command line arguments passed in, which includes the actual name of the program, as invoked by the user. argv contains the actual arguments, starting with index 1. Index 0 is the program name.
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int main(int argc, char **argv);
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/* main.c */
/* 0 copyright/licensing */
/* 1 includes */
/* 2 defines */
/* 3 external declarations */
/* 4 typedefs */
/* 5 global variable declarations */
/* 6 function prototypes */
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
/* 7 command-line parsing */
}
/* 8 function declarations */