CS GATECS GATE Course Topics
Engineering Mathematics |
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Discrete Mathematics: Propositional and first order logic. Sets, relations, functions, partial orders and lattices.Monoids, Groups. Graphs: connectivity, matching, coloring. Combinatorics: counting, recurrence relations,generating functions. |
Linear Algebra: Matrices, determinants, system of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, LU decomposition. |
Calculus: Limits, continuity and differentiability. Maxima and minima. Mean value theorem. Integration. |
Probability and Statistics: Random variables. Uniform, normal, exponential, poisson and binomial distributions. Mean, median, mode and standard deviation. Conditional probability and Bayes theorem. |
Digital Logic |
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Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits. Minimization. Number representations and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point). |
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Computer Organization and Architecture |
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Machine instructions and addressing modes. ALU, data‐path and control unit. Instruction pipelining, pipeline hazards. Memory hierarchy: cache, main memory and secondary storage; I/O interface (interrupt and DMA mode). |
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Programming and Data Structures |
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Programming in C. Recursion. Arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary search trees, binary heaps,graphs. |
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Algorithms |
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Searching, sorting, hashing. Asymptotic worst case time and space complexity. Algorithm design techniques:greedy, dynamic programming and divide‐and‐conquer. Graph traversals, minimum spanning trees, shortest paths |
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Theory of Computation |
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Regular expressions and finite automata. Context-free grammars and push-down automata. Regular and contexfree languages, pumping lemma. Turing machines and undecidability |
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Compiler Design |
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Lexical analysis, parsing, syntax-directed translation. Runtime environments. Intermediate code generation.Local optimisation, Data flow analyses: constant propagation, liveness analysis, common subexpression
elimination |
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Operating System |
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System calls, processes, threads, inter‐process communication, concurrency and synchronization.Deadlock. CPU and I/O scheduling. Memory management and virtual memory. File systems. |
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Databases |
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ER‐model. Relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL. Integrity constraints, normal forms. File organization, indexing (e.g., B and B+ trees). Transactions and concurrency control. |
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Computer Networks |
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Concept of layering: OSI and TCP/IP Protocol Stacks; Basics of packet, circuit and virtual circuit-switching; Data link layer: framing, error detection, Medium Access Control, Ethernet bridging; Routing protocols: shortest
path, flooding, distance vector and link state routing; Fragmentation and IP addressing, IPv4, CIDR notation,
Basics of IP support protocols (ARP, DHCP, ICMP), Network Address Translation (NAT); Transport layer: flow
control and congestion control, UDP, TCP, sockets; Application layer protocols: DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, Email. |
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