GATE 2024 Computer Science and Information Technology CS Syllabus
GATE 2024 Computer Science and Information Technology CS Syllabus
GATE 2024 Computer Science and Information Technology CS Syllabus
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.
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.
Section 5: Algorithms
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
Section 9: Databases
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.
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.