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### 1. **Mathematics for Computer Science**

- **Discrete Mathematics:**

- **Logic & Propositional Calculus**: Propositional logic, truth tables, logical equivalences, normal forms.

- **Set Theory**: Sets, subsets, unions, intersections, power sets, Venn diagrams.

- **Relations & Functions**: Types of relations, equivalence relations, properties of functions.

- **Graphs & Trees**: Definitions, types of graphs (directed, undirected, weighted), graph traversal (DFS, BFS).

- **Combinatorics**: Permutations, combinations, binomial coefficients, counting principles.

- **Mathematical Induction**: Base case, inductive step, proving statements by induction.

- **Linear Algebra**:

- **Matrices & Determinants**: Matrix operations, inverse, determinants, eigenvalues/eigenvectors.

- **Vector Spaces**: Basis, dimension, linear independence.

- **Probability & Statistics**:

- **Probability Theory**: Basic probability rules, conditional probability, Bayes' theorem.

- **Random Variables**: Discrete and continuous, expected value, variance.

- **Distributions**: Binomial, normal, Poisson, and other probability distributions.

### 2. **Computer Programming & Algorithms**

- **Programming Fundamentals:**

- **C/C++ Basics**: Variables, data types, control structures, functions, arrays, pointers.

- **Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)**: Classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, encapsulation.

- **Data Structures**: Arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, hash tables, trees, graphs, heaps, tries.

- **File Handling**: File reading/writing, file operations in C/C++.

- **Algorithms**:

- **Sorting & Searching**: Bubble sort, quicksort, mergesort, binary search, hashing.

- **Dynamic Programming**: Principles, problem-solving using DP (e.g., Fibonacci, knapsack problem).

- **Greedy Algorithms**: Optimal solutions through greedy choice, e.g., coin change problem.

- **Graph Algorithms**: Dijkstra’s, Bellman-Ford, Kruskal’s, Prim’s, Floyd-Warshall.

 - **Complexity Analysis**: Big-O, time/space complexity, asymptotic analysis, best/worst case.

### 3. **Database Systems**

- **Database Concepts**:

- **Relational Databases**: Tables, rows, columns, primary keys, foreign keys.

- **SQL Queries**: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, JOIN operations, subqueries.

- **Normalization**: 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF.

- **Transaction Management**: ACID properties, concurrency control, deadlock.

- **Database Design**: ER diagrams, normalization, schema design.

### 4. **Computer Networks**

- **OSI Model**: Layers of OSI, functions of each layer (physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation, application).

- **Networking Protocols**: TCP/IP, IP addressing, subnetting, routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP).

- **Wireless Networks**: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular networks, 5G.

- **Network Security**: Cryptography, SSL/TLS, firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention.

### 5. **Operating Systems**

- **Process Management**: Processes, threads, scheduling algorithms (FCFS, SJF, Round Robin).

- **Memory Management**: Paging, segmentation, virtual memory, memory allocation techniques (best-fit, worst-fit).

- **File Systems**: FAT, NTFS, file operations, directory structure.

- **System Calls**: Creating processes, file handling, input/output operations.

- **Concurrency & Synchronization**: Semaphores, mutexes, deadlock detection, critical section.

### 6. **Software Engineering**

- **Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)**: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Spiral, and Incremental models.

- **Requirements Analysis**: Use cases, user stories, functional and non-functional requirements.

- **Design Patterns**: Creational, structural, behavioral patterns (Singleton, Factory, Observer, MVC).

- **Testing**: Unit testing, integration testing, system testing, performance testing.

- **Version Control**: Git, GitHub, branching, merging, commit history.

### 7. **Artificial Intelligence (AI)**

- **Search Algorithms**: Depth-first search, breadth-first search, A* algorithm.

- **Machine Learning**: Supervised, unsupervised learning, regression, classification, clustering.

- **Neural Networks**: Perceptron, backpropagation, deep learning.

- **Natural Language Processing (NLP)**: Tokenization, part-of-speech tagging, named entity recognition, sentiment analysis.

- **Computer Vision**: Image processing, object detection, classification, OpenCV basics.

### 8. **Web Development**

- **Frontend Development**:

- **HTML/CSS**: Page structure, styling, positioning, responsive design.

- **JavaScript**: DOM manipulation, events, ES6 features (arrow functions, promises, async/await).

- **Frontend Frameworks**: React, Angular, Vue.js, state management.

- **Backend Development**:

- **Node.js, Python (Flask/Django), Java**: Server-side scripting, REST APIs.

 - **Databases in Web**: MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL integration with web apps.

- **Web Security**: HTTPS, CSRF, XSS, SQL Injection prevention.

### 9. **Theory of Computation**

- **Automata Theory**: Finite automata, pushdown automata, Turing machines.

- **Formal Languages**: Regular languages, context-free grammars, context-sensitive grammars.

- **Computability**: Decidability, Halting problem, NP-completeness.

- **Complexity Theory**: P vs NP, polynomial-time reductions.

### 10. **Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)**

- **User Interface Design**: Usability, accessibility, design principles.

- **Interaction Models**: Input devices, output devices, interaction paradigms.

- **Prototyping**: Paper prototypes, wireframes, mockups.

- **Usability Testing**: Heuristic evaluation, user testing, surveys, A/B testing.

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