GATE 2017 Computer Science and Information Technology - PDF 10
GATE 2017 Computer Science and Information Technology - PDF 10
Discrete Mathematics: Propositional and first order logic. Sets, relations, functions, partial orders
and lattices. 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: Random variables. Uniform, normal, exponential, poisson and binomial distributions.
Mean, median, mode and standard deviation. Conditional probability and Bayes theorem.
Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits. Minimization. Number representations and
computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).
Machine instructions and addressing modes. ALU, data path and control unit. Instruction
pipelining. Memory hierarchy: cache, main memory and secondary storage; I/O interface (interrupt
and DMA mode).
Section 4: Programming and Data Structures
Programming in C. Recursion. Arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary search trees, binary
heaps, graphs.
Section 5: Algorithms
Searching, sorting, hashing. Asymptotic worst case time and space‐ complexity‐. Algorithm design
techniques: greedy, dynamic programming and divide and conquer. Graph search, minimum
spanning trees, shortest paths.
Section 6: Theory of Computation
Regular expressions and finite automata. Context-free grammars and push-down automata.
Regular and contex-free languages, pumping lemma. Turing machines and undecidability.
Section 7: Compiler Design
Lexical analysis, parsing, syntax-directed translation. Runtime environments. Intermediate code
generation.
Section 8: Operating System
Processes, threads, inter process communication, concurrency and synchronization. Deadlock. CPU
scheduling. Memory management and virtual memory. File systems.
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.
Section 10: Computer Networks
Concept of layering. LAN technologies (Ethernet). Flow and error control techniques, switching.
IPv4/IPv6, routers and routing algorithms (distance vector, link state). TCP/UDP and sockets,
congestion control. Application layer protocols (DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP). Basics of Wi-Fi.
Network security: authentication, basics of public key and private key cryptography, digital
signatures and certificates, firewalls.