GATE GUIDE

1 . Formal Languages and Automata Theory: Regular languages and finite automata, Context free languages and Push-down automata, Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Un-decidability; Textbook : " Formal Languages and Automata theory " , J.D.Ullman etal 2 . Analysis of Algorithms and Computational Complexity: Asymptotic analysis (best, worst, average case) of time and space, Upper and lower bounds on the complexity of specific problems, NP-completeness. Textbook : " Introduction to algorithms " - Cormen etal ( CLRS ) " Computer Algorithms " - Horowitz and Sahani A very good textbook on " Algorithms " coming soon from Dr.M.N.Seetaramanth ( Tata Mc Graw Hill publications ) 3 . Digital Logic: Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of Combinational and Sequential circuits; Number representation and Computer Arithmetic (fixed and floating point); Textbook : " Digital Logic circuits and Design " by Morris Mano 4 . Graph Theory: Connectivity; spanning trees; Cut vertices & edges; covering; matching; independent sets; Colouring; Planarity; Isomorphism Textbook : " Intoduction to Graph Theory " by Narsing Deo 5 . Computer Organization: Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU and Data-path, hardwired and micro-programmed control, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode), Serial communication interface, Instruction pipelining, Cache, main and secondary storage.

Textbook : " Computer Organisation " by Morris Mano " Computer Architecture " by Briggs and 2 chinese authors ( blue cover pad ) { for pipelining } 6. Data structures: Notion of abstract data types, Stack, Queue, List, Set, String, Tree, Binary search tree, Heap, Graph; Textbook : " Data structures " Schaumm's outline series " Data structures in PASCAL " by Horowitz and Sahani " Data structures and Algorithms " by Weiss etal " Introduction to algorithms " - Cormen etal ( CLRS ) 7 . Programming Methodology: C programming, Program control (iteration, recursion, Functions), Scope, Binding, Parameter passing, Elementary concepts of Object oriented, Functional and Logic Programming Textbook : " Programming with C " - Byron Gottfried , Schaumm's outline series " Principles of Programming Languages " by Robert W Sebesta , Addison Wesley " Programming with C++ " - Balaguruswamy 8. Algorithms for problem solving: Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing, Sorting, Searching; Design techniques (Greedy, Dynamic Programming, Divide-and-conquer);

Textbook : " Data structures " Schaumm's outline series " Data structures in PASCAL " by Horowitz and Sahani " Computer Algorithms " - Horowitz and Sahani " Data structures and Algorithms " by Weiss etal

" Introduction to algorithms " - Cormen etal ( CLRS ) 9 . Compiler Design: Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environment, Code generation, Linking (static and dynamic); Textbook : " Principles of Compiler Design " , Aho , Ullman etal . " Systems Programming " by John . J . Donovan 10 . Operating Systems: Classical concepts (concurrency, synchronization, deadlock), Processes, threads and Inter-process communication, CPU scheduling, Memory management, File systems, I/O systems, Protection and security. Textbook : " Operating system concepts " by Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Galvin " Advanced Unix Programming " by W. Richard . Stevens " Advanced Unix Programming " by N.B.Venkateswarlu , BPB publications 11 . Databases: Relational model (ER-model, relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control; Textbook : " Database Management systems " - Raghu RamaKrishnan " Database system concepts " - Silberschatz , Korth ,

Sudarshan

lucidly written }

" Database systems " - C.J.Date { normalisation is very

very good book }

" Principles of Database Systems " - J.D.Ullman { This is a

12 . Computer Networks: ISO/OSI stack, sliding window protocol, LAN Technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), TCP/UDP, IP, Basic concepts of switches, gateways, and routers. Textbook : " Computer Networks " - Tenenbaum " Data communications and Networking " - William

Stallings

Some more important books : " Multiple choice questions " - Timothy . J . Williams , TMH publications " Gate Question Papers " - G.K.Publishers { follow it only for questions , answers are all wrong in it }