INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE AND OPEN LEARNING

Gauhati University
Guwahati - 14

Syllabus for

Master in Computer Application

( MCA )

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Degree: Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
Duration: Six Semesters
Eligibility:
1st semester: Any Graduate
3rd Semester(Lateral Entry): PGDCA from any Recognized University /
DOEACC ‘A’ Level/BCA/B.Sc.(IT)/B.Sc.(CS)

Distribution of Courses for M.C.A.

(Each course may include laboratory work if prescribed)

Total marks for each of the courses listed below will be 100 except for the course
IT-26 (Major Project Work) which will carry a total of 500 marks.

PGDCA/DOEACC ‘A’ Level Passed Candidate can enroll directly into the 3rd
Semester of MCA but they have to clear addition two papers IT-05 & IT-10 within
the course duration.

Total Marks: 3000 Total Credits: 109

Course
Course Title Evaluation Pattern Credit
No
SEMESTER - I

IT-01 Fundamentals of Computers Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 3

IT-02 Introduction to Programming Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 4

IT-03 Digital Logic Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 3

Practical Lab-1 ( PC Software + PC Software:70%, Programming:

IT-04 4
Programming) 30%
Communication Skills & Technical
IT-05 Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 2
Writing

SEMESTER - II

IT-06 Programming in C++ Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 4

IT-07 Database Management System Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 4

IT-08 Computer Network & Internet Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 4

Practical Lab-2 Programming: 40%, DBMS: 30%,

IT-09 4
(Programming+DBMS+Internet) Internet: 30%

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 IT-10 Management and Accounting Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 3

SEMESTER - III
Mathematical Foundation of
IT-11 Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 3
Computer Science
Objectives:30%, Descriptive: 40%,
IT-12 Data Structure and Algorithm 4
Practical:30%
Computer Organization &
IT-13 Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 4
Architecture
Objectives:30%, Descriptive: 40%,
IT-14 Operating System 4
Practical:30%
Objectives:30%, Descriptive: 40%,
IT-15 Web Technology and E Commerce 4
Practical:30%

SEMESTER - IV
Objected Oriented Programming Objectives:30%, Descriptive: 40%,
IT-16 4
using JAVA Practical:30%
Data Communication & Computer
IT-17 Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 4
Network
Advanced Database Management
IT-18 Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 3
System
Objectives:30%, Descriptive: 40%,
IT-19 Linux System Administration 4
Practical:30%

IT-20 Compilers Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 4

SEMESTER - V

IT-21 Software Engineering Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 4

IT-22 Computer Graphics & Multimedia Objectives:40%, Descriptive: 60% 4

Objectives:30%, Descriptive: 40%,

IT-23 Application Software Development 4
Practical:30%

IT-24 Elective 4

IT-25 Seminar 2

SEMESTER - VI

IT-26 Major Project 18

List of electives:
1. Artificial Intelligence
2. ERP

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 3. MIS
4. Data Mining and Warehousing
Detail Syllabus:
SEMESTER – I
IT-01: FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTERS

Introduction
Brief history of development of computers, computer system concepts, capabilities and
limitations, types of computers: Analog, Digital, Hybrid, general, special purpose, Micro,
mini, mainframe super computers, generations of computers, personal computers, types
of personal computers – Laptop, Palmtop etc.

Computer software
Need of software, types of software, System software – Operating system and its types,
loader, linker etc.; Application software --word processing, spread sheet, presentation
graphics, database management software; Programming languages - machine, assembly,
high level, 4GL, their merits and demerits, Computer Viruses.

Components of Computer System

Basic components of computer system, Input devices, output devices, Control Unit,
storage devices., maintaining the Computer System.

PC Hardware and Maintenance

Introduction and Identification of different hardware component of a PC , Installation of
Operating System, Hard Disk Partitioning ,Troubleshooting.

Introduction to Computer organization and architecture:

IT-02: INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING

Introduction to C:
Steps for Problem Solving ,Algorithm, Analysis of Algorithm Efficiency, Flowchart ,
Pseudo code, Program , Programming Languages , Translators
History of C , Features of C, Structure of a C Program, Writing a C Program, Compiling
and Run a C Program, Syntax and Semantic Errors, Linker Errors, Logical and Runtime
Errors, Execution Process

Variables and Constants:

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Character Set, Identifiers and Keywords, Rules for Forming Identifiers , Data Types and
Storage Classes in C, Variables , Declaring Variables, Initializing Variables, Constants,
Types of constants

Expressions and Operators:

Assignment Statements, Unary and Binary Operators , Arithmetic Operators, Relational
Operators , Logical Operators, Comma and Conditional Operators, Type Cast Operator,
Size of Operator, Precedence of Operators

Control Statements, Decision Control Statements:: The if Statement , The switch

Statement, Loop Control Statements:: The while Loop , The do-while Loop ,The for
Loop, The Nested Loop, The Goto Statement, The Break Statement, The Continue
Statement

Arrays:
Definition , Syntax of Array Declaration and Initialization, Subscript, Processing the
Arrays , Multi-Dimensional Arrays, Declaration and Initialization of Two-Dimensional
Array, Processing of Two Dimensional Arrays, Representation of Matrix using Two
Dimensional Array

Strings:
Character Arrays, Declaration and Initialization of Strings, Array of Strings,Library
String Functions: strlen , strcpy , strncpy , strcmp , strncmp , strcmpi , strnicmp , strcat ,
strncat , strlwr , strupr , strrev , strdup, strchr , strset , strnset , strstr

Functions:
Definition , Structure of a Function , Function Declaration , Function Definition , Formal
parameter , Actual parameter ,The Return Statement , Function Prototypes , Recursive
Function, Function Calling: Call by value and Call by address

Structures and Unions:

Declaration and Initialization of Structures, Accessing the Members of a Structure ,

Structures as Function Arguments , Structures and Arrays , Unions , Initializing an
Union, Accessing the Members of an Union

Pointers:
What is Pointer , Address and Indirection Operators , Pointer Type Declaration and
Assignment, Pointer to a Pointer , Null Pointer Assignment , Pointer Arithmetic, Passing
Pointers to Functions , Arrays and Pointers , Array of Pointers , Pointers and Strings

The C Preprocessor and Command Line Arguments:

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Definition, Macros in C, #define, #include, #ifdef, Other Preprocessor Commands,
Predefined Names Defined by Preprocessor
Command Line Arguments in C, Structure of Programs that use Command-Line
Arguments, Accessing Command-Line Arguments
Files:
Definition, File Handling in C Using File Pointers, fopen( ) , fclose( ) , Input and Output
using file pointers , Character Input and Output in Files, String Input / Output Functions ,
Formatted Input / Output Functions , Block Input / Output Functions, Sequential Files,
Random Access Files , Positioning the File Pointer

IT-03: DIGITAL LOGIC

Binary Systems
Digital Computers and Digital Systems, Binary Numbers, Number Base Conversion,
Octal and Hexadecimal Numbers, Complements, Binary Codes, Binary Storage and
Registers, Binary Logic, Integrated Circuits

Boolean Algebra and Logic Gates

Basic Definitions, Boolean Algebra: Theorems and Properties, Boolean Functions,
Canonical and Standard Forms and Other Logic Operations. Digital Logic Gates and its
different types.

Simplification of Boolean Functions

Map Method: Two, Three and Four variable maps. Product of Sums Simplification,
NAND and NOR implementation, Don’t Care Conditions, Tabulation Method.

Combinational Logic and Sequential Logic

Adders: Half Adder, Full Adder and Binary Parallel Adder. Decoder, Encoder,
Multiplexer, Demultiplexer.
Flip-Flops and its different types, Registers, Shift Registers, Counters.

IT-04: PRACTICAL LAB-1 (PC Software + Programming)

MS Office Suit
Exposure to Open Office
Programming in C

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IT-06: PROGRAMMING IN C++

Principles of OOP
What is OOP, Difference between OOP and Structured Programming, Basic Concepts of
Class, Object, Data abstraction and Encapsulation, Inheritance , Polymorphism, Dynamic
binding, Message passing, Benefits of OOP, OOP languages, Applications

Introduction to C++
Features of C++ , Structure of a C++ Program, The iostream file, cin and cout object,
Saving a C++ program, Compiling and Running a C++ Program.
Variables, Constants, Operators and Expressions and Control Statements (if, switch, for,
while, do-while) in C++.

Functions in C++
Return types in main(), function prototyping, Call by reference, Call by value, Call by
address.
Inline functions, Default arguments, Constant argument, Function overloading.

Classes and Object:

Specifying a class, Member of a class, Access specifier , Use of scope resolution
operator(::) , Creating object, Accessing class members, Defining member functions,
Friend function, Friend class, Object as function arguments, Constructor , Constructor
overloading, Default argument constructor, Copy constructor, Parameterized constructor,
Default constructor, Destructors.

Inheritance:
Concept of Base class and Derive class, Types of Inheritance

IT-07: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Basic Concepts

The file based system, limitations of file based system, the Database Approach,
Advantages of DBMS.

DBMS Architecture

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Three level architecture of Database System, Mappings, Data Independence.
Components and Functions of DBMS, Database Administrator and its roles.

Entity, Attributes and Associations

Definition of Entity, attribute, association among entity and attributes, Generalizations

and Aggregation.

Data Models

Relational Model, Hierarchical Model, Network Model

The Relational Model

The Relational Model, Domains, Attributes, Tuples, Relations and Views. Primary Key,
Foreign Key, Candidate Key, Alternate Key, Super Key, Relational Constraints.
The E-R Model, Weak Entity and Strong Entity.
Relational Algebra

Basic operations – Union, Intersection, Difference and Product. Additional operations –

Select, Project, Join and Divide.

Database Integrity and Normalisation

Referential Integrity, Entity Integrity. Functional Dependencies, Concept of
Normalization, First Normal Form, Second Normal Form, Third Normal Form, Boyce
Codd Normal Form.

Structured Query Language

What is SQL? Data Definition Languages, Data Manipulation Languages, Data Control
Languages.

Database Recovery and Security

What is Recovery? Kinds of failures, Failure controlling methods, Database errors,
Recovery Techniques, Security & Integrity, Relationship between Security and Integrity.

IT-08: COMPUTER NETWORK & INTERNET

Computer Network

Uses of computer networks, Types of computer networks: LAN, MAN, WAN etc.,
Networks topologies, Layered architecture. Interface and services, Connection-oriented
and connectionless service, The relationship of services to protocol,

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The OSI reference model, The TCP/IP reference model, Different inter-connecting
devices: repeaters, hubs, bridges, switches, routers and gateways.
Physical layer: Guided and wireless transmission media, Satellite communication and
their relative merits and demerits
Data link Layer: Functions of data link layer, faming error control flow control
Network Layer: Functions of network layer, Virtual circuit vs. datagram subnet, Routing,
Internet protocol (IP)
Transport Layer: Basic functionality of transport layer, TCP and UDP protocol
Application Layer: Domain Name Service (DNS), electronic mail, ftp, telnet, www, http,
URL

Internet

Overview
History of Internet, Internet services: telnet, e-mail – Definition, use, Equipments
required for an Internet Connection, Opening an e-mail account, Reading and Writing e-
mail.
Web browser, Components of a Web Browser, Web page, home page, web site, URL,
introduction to e-commerce, Surfing the Internet., Search Engine, uploading and
downloading.

Introduction to HTML
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Writing a web page in HTML, Tags, hyperlinks,
URLs, tables, text formatting in web pages, Using graphics and multimedia in web pages;
image maps., Use of frames and forms.

Introduction to JavaScript:
Constants, variables, operators, expressions, statements. Use of user-defined and built-in
functions, Client-side Form validation using JavaScript, Using properties and methods of
built-in objects.

IT-09: PRACTICAL LAB-2 (Programming + DBMS + Internet)

IT-10: MANAGEMENT & ACCOUNTING

Accounting: Principles, concepts and conventions, double entry system of accounting,

introduction to basis books of accounts of sole proprietary concern, closing of books of
accounts and preparation of trial balance.

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Final Accounts: Trading, Profit and Loss accounts and Balance sheet of sole proprietary
concern (without adjustment)

Financial Management: Meaning, scope and role, a brief study of functional areas of
financial management. Introduction to various FM tools: Ration Analysis, Fund Flow
statement and cash flow statement (without adjustments)

Costing: nature, importance and basic principles. Marginal costing: Nature scope and
importance, Break even analysis, its uses and limitations, construction of break even
chart, Standard costing: Nature, scope and variances (only introduction)

Computerized accounting: Meaning and advantages, Computer Programs for accounting,

Balancing accounts, Trial balance and final accounts in computerized, Accounting,
control, and Audit, Sub- Modules of computerized accounting systems.

SEMESTER – III
IT-11: MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Sets and Relations: Definition of sets, subsets, complement of a set, universal set,
intersection and union of sets, De-Morgan’s laws, Cartesian products, Equivalent sets,
Countable and uncountable sets, minset, Partitions of sets, Relations: Basic definitions,
graphs of relations, properties of relations
Algebra of logic, Propositions, Connectives, Tautologies and contradiction, Equivalence
and implication, Principle of Mathematical induction, quantifiers.
Introduction of a Matrix, its different kinds, matrix addition and scalar multiplication,
multiplication of matrices, transpose etc. Square matrices, inverse and rank of a square
matrix, solving simultaneous equations using Gauss elimination, Gauss Jordan Methods,
Matrix Inversion method.
A general introduction, simple and multipgrpahs, directed and undirected graphs,
Eulerian and Hamiltonian Graphs, Shortest path algorithms, Chromatic number, Bipartite
graph, graph coloring.

IT-14: OPERATING SYSTEM

Introduction to Operating System

What is an operating system, history of operating systems. Operating system concepts –

processes, files and shells.

Operating system classification – Single user, multi user, simple batch processing,
multiprogramming, multitasking, parallel systems, distributed system, real time system.

Process Management

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Process - Process Model, Process Hierarchies, Process States, Threads - What is thread
and its use, design issues of thread.
Procss Scheduling:- Basic Concepts. Preemptive and non-preemptive scheduling. Types
of scheduling:- batch, interactive and real-time. Scheduling Algorithms:- First Come First
Server, Shortest Job First & Round Robin Scheduling.

What is Interprocess Communication, Race conditions, Critical-Sections, Mutual

exclusion. Solution to race condition: - Disabling Interrupt, Peterson's solution, Sleep &
Wake Up(The Producer Consumer Problem) and Semaphores.

Input/Ouput Management & Deadlocks

Basic principles I/O Hardware, I/O Devices, Device controllers, DMA. Principles of I/O
Software, its goals, Interrupt Handlers, Device Drivers, Device Independent I/O
Software(its functions)

What is Deadlock. Principles of Deadlock (Deadlock conditions & Modelling). Deadlock

Detection, Recovery & Prevention. Deadlock Avoidance(Banker's algorithm).

Memory Management
Monoprogramming and Multiprogramming. Swapping and its basic concepts. Virtual
Memory – Basic Concepts, Paging, Page Tables. Page replacement algorithms: -
Optimal, Not Recently Used, First In First Out, Least Recently Used.

File System
What is file, file naming, file types(directory, regular, device), sequential access and
random access files, file attributes, operations on file, hierarchical directory structure,
path name(relative and absolute), operation on directories. File System Implementation
Techniques.

System Calls
What is System Calls. System Calls:- Process Management(fork, getpid, getppid, wait,
waitpid, exit, execve), Signaling(kill, sigaction, sigreturn, pause), File & Files System
Management(creat, open, close, read, write, lseek, stat, fstat, dup, rename).

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SEMESTER – IV
IT-16: OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING USING JAVA

Object Oriented Methodology

Paradigms of Programming Languages, Evolution of OO Methodology, Basic Concepts

of OO Approach, Comparison of Object Oriented and Procedure Oriented Approaches,
Benefits of OOPs, Introduction to Common OO Language, Applications of OOPs

Classes and Objects, Abstraction and Encapsulation, Inheritance, Method Overriding and
Polymorphism.
Java Language Basics

Basic Features, Java Virtual Machine Concepts, Primitive Data Type And Variables, Java
Keywords, Java Operators.

Expressions, Statements, Control Statements, Selection Statements, Iterative Statements,

Jump Statements, Arrays.

Class and Objects

Class Fundamentals, Creating objects, Assigning object reference variables, Introducing
Methods, Static methods, Constructors, Overloading constructors, This Keyword, Using
Objects as Parameters, Argument passing, Returning objects, Method Overloading,
Garbage Collection, The Finalize ( ) Method
Inheritance and Polymorphism
Inheritance Basics, Access Control, Multilevel Inheritance, Method Overriding, Abstract
Classes, Polymorphism, Final Keyword
Packages and Interfaces
Package, Defining Package, CLASSPATH, Package naming, Accessibility of Packages,
Using Package Members, Interfaces, Implementing Interfaces, Interface and Abstract
Classes, Extends and Implements Together
I/O in Java
I/O Basics, Streams and Stream Classes, Byte Stream Class, Character Stream Classes,
Predefined Streams, Reading from, and Writing to, Console, Reading and Writing Files,
The Transient and Volatile Modifiers, Using Instance of Native Methods
Strings and Characters
Fundamentals of Characters and Strings, The String Class, String Operations, Data
Conversion using Value Of ( ) Methods, String Buffer Class and Methods
Exploring Java I/O

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Java I/O Classes and Interfaces, I/O Stream Class, Input and Output Stream, Input
Stream and Output Stream, Hierarchy,Text Streams, Stream Tokenizer, Serialization,
Buffered Stream, Print Stream, Random Access File

IT-18: ADVANCED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Relational model, relational algebra, and relational calculus (review):
Relational model concepts, relational databases and schemas; Relational algebra
operations, queries in relational algebra; Tuple relational calculus, domain relational
calculus, overview of QBE; Commercial query language SQL- data definition,
constraints, SQL queries, insertion, deletion, updation.
Semantic modeling (review):
Introduction, The E-R model, E-R diagrams, design of database with E-R
model.
Normalization and functional dependencies (review):

design guidelines, functional dependencies, normal forms- 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF.

System implementation techniques:

Query processing and optimization- translation between SQL queries and relational
algebra, introduction to basic algorithms for executing query operations; Transaction
processing- transaction and system concepts, desirable properties, schedules and
recoverability; Concurrency control- locking techniques, concurrency control based on
timestamp ordering, multiversion concurrency control techniques; Database recovery-
concepts and techniques, recovery in multidatabase systems; Security and authentication-
issues, access control techniques, introduction to multilevel security.

Object oriented database systems:

Concepts of object-oriented databases; Standards, languages and design; Object relational

database systems.

Distributed databases:

Concepts; Data fragmentation, replication, and allocation techniques; Types of

distributed database systems; Query processing in distributed databases; Overview of
concurrency control and recovery in distributed databases.

Image, multimedia, and spatial databases:

Concepts of Image, multimedia, and spatial databases; Content-based indexing and

retrieval, Indexing techniques- R trees, R+ trees, KD trees.

IT-20: COMPILERS

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The Structure Of A Compiler, Phase Of A Compiler, Compiler Tools, Finite Automata,
Regular Expressions, Conversion From Regular Expression To Finite Automata.

Syntax Analysis, Context Free Grammars, Top Down & Bottom Up Parsing Techniques.
Construction of LR, SLR&LALR Parsers.

Syntax Directed Translation & Their Implementation. Intermediate Code, Postfix

Translation, Phase Trees, Syntax Trees.

Run Time Environment: Storage Organization, Storage Allocation Strategies, Parameter

Passing, Symbol Tables, Code Generation, Problem In Code Generation, A Simple Code
Generation & Code Optimization: Principle Sources, Loop Optimization, DAG
Representation

IT-15: WEB TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE

Review of HTML & JavaScript:

Various HTML Tags, properties & use; Cascading Style Sheet (CSS). Creating
interactive and dynamic web pages with JavaScript.

Markup language basics:

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)- structures, elements, Content models,
DTD, attributes, entities. Extensible Markup Language (XML)- Introduction: using user-
defined tags in web pages; displaying XML contents using HTML and JavaScript; XML
Document Type Definitions;
Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) and its use to display XML contents; XSL and
basic database queries; brief introduction to other markup languages: VML, MathML,
VRML, RELML, HRMML, VoxML, etc.
Web Browsers:
functions and working principle of web browsers; plug-ins & helper applications;
conceptual architecture of typical web browsers (like Mozilla).
Introduction to Client/Server Computing:
client-server computing basics; types of Client/Server systems; middleware; N-tired
systems: 2-tier/3-tier/4-tier systems; Fat Clients versus Fat Servers.

Web Servers:
Web services and web server functionality; web server composition; registration; HTTP,
IP address, DNS & ports; conceptual architecture of a typical web server (like Apache).

Server-side scripting:

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overview of CGI, ASP, and JSP. Server side scripting using PHP- constants, variables,
operators, expressions & statements; user-defined & built-in functions; form processing
scripts; using properties and methods of built-in objects. Web database connectivity-
introduction to ODBC; PHP with database connectivity.

Advanced web technologies:

brief introduction to COM, DCOM, CORBA, ISAPI, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, .NET, etc.
Introduction to AJAX and its implementations.

Web Security:

Firewalls- definition and uses, network layer firewalls and application layer firewalls;
Proxy servers.

E – Commerce

Electronic commerce fundamentals:

History and basic idea of EDI and electronic messaging, definition of e-commerce;
administration, business, and consumer models of e-commerce; e-commerce enablers-
cost reduction, trust issues, products, processes, and markets.

E-commerce Internet applications: overview of e-commerce standardization activities

and standards

Electronic payment systems: digital cash- Ecash, ECheque, Credit card based payment
systems, Micropayments and Macropayments.

Social impacts of e-commerce: changes in administration & business; electronic

shopping; electronic forms; global e-commerce and future trends.

SEMESTER – V
IT-22: COMPUTER GRAPHICS & MULTIMEDIA

Graphics Hardware: The Functional Characteristics Of The Systems Are Emphasized. Input
Device: Keyboard Touch Panel, Light Pens, Graphic Tablets, Joysticks, Trackball, Data Glove,
Digitizer, Image Scanner, Mouse, Voice Systems.

Hard Copy Devices: Impact And Non Impact Printers, Such As Line Printers, Dot Matrix
Printers, Laser, Ink- Jet, Electrostatic, Flatbed And Drum Plotters. Video Display Devices:
Refresh Cathode–Ray Tube, Raster Scan Display, Random Scan Displays, Color CRT-Monitors,
Direct View Storage Tube, Flat Panel Displays, 3-D Viewing Devices, Raster Scan Systems,
Random Scan Systems, Graphic Monitors And Workstation.

Scan Conversation Algorithm Line, Circle And Ellipse, Breshenham’s Algorithm, Area Filling
Techniques, Character Generation. 2-Dimensional Graphics: Cartesian And Homogenous Co-

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Ordinate Systems, Geometrical Transformation (Translation, Scaling, Rotation, Reflection,
Shearing), Two Dimensional Viewing Transformation And Clipping (Line, Polygon And Text)

3-Dimensional Graphics: Geometrical Transformation (Translation, Scaling, Rotation, Reflection,

Shearing), Mathematics And Projections (Parallel And Perspective). 3-D Viewing transformation
And Clipping.

Hidden Line Surface Removal Algorithms, Z-Buffer, Scan Line, Sub Division Shading: Modeling
Light Intensities: Diffuse Reflection, Refracted Light, Half toning. Surface Shading Methods:
Constant Intensity Method, Gouraud Shading, Phong Shading.

Introduction to Multi-media Technology, Audio System, Image Compression, Data

Compression, Digital Motion Video, Authoring tools, Multimedia Applications, Multimedia
DBMS

IT-23: APPLICATION SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Introduction to .NET

.NET: Introduction, Advantages, DNA Architecture, Study of .NET Framework,

Languages under .NET.

Introduction to VB.NET
Basic Programming Rules, Creating a Project, Exploring & Coding a Project, Building a
Project, Debugging.

Variables, Constants, Operators and Expressions and Control Statements, Arrays,

Structures, Enumerators, Functions.

Class, Object, Inheritance, Events, String Handling, Exception Handling, File Handling,
Multi-Threading, Memory Management Issues.

GUI Programming with VB.NET

Introduction to GUI Application and Their Components. Elements of GUI Programming:
Controls, Properties, Methods, Events.

Form Control: Interacting with Controls, Dialog Controls, Creating and Using MDI
Applications, Creating Custom Controls.

Database Programming
Connecting to Databases, Retrieving Data, Inserting Data, Updating Data etc.

IT-25: SEMINAR

SEMESTER – VI

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