GATE CS 2023 : Syllabus

GATE Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) is one of the paper with the highest number of applicants each year.
GATE Syllabus 2023 for Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) consists of topics from-
- General Aptitude
- Engineering Mathematics
- Core Discipline

The section below covers all the topics and sub-topics from GATE CSE Syllabus 2023.

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- General Aptitude

Topics	Sub-Topics
Verbal Aptitude	Basic English grammar: tenses, articles, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, verb-noun agreement, and other parts of speech Basic vocabulary: words, idioms, and phrases in context Reading and comprehension Narrative sequencing
Quantitative Aptitude	Data interpretation: data graphs (bar graphs, pie charts, and other graphs representing data), 2- and 3-dimensional plots, maps, and tables Numerical computation and estimation: ratios, percentages, powers, exponents and logarithms, permutations and combinations, and series Mensuration and geometry Elementary statistics and probability.
Analytical Aptitude	Logic: deduction and induction, Analogy, Numerical relations and reasoning
Spatial Aptitude	Transformation of shapes: translation, rotation, scaling, mirroring, assembling, and grouping Paper folding, cutting, and patterns in 2 and 3 dimensions

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Sections	Topics
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.
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.

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- Section 2: Digital Logic

Sections	Topics
Section 1	Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits. Minimization.
Section 2	Number representations and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating-point).

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- Section 3: Computer Organization and Architecture

Sections	Topics
Section 1	Machine instructions and addressing modes. ALU, data‐path and control unit. Instruction pipelining, pipeline hazards.
Section 2	Memory hierarchy: cache, main memory and secondary storage; I/O interface (interrupt and DMA mode).

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- Section 4: Programming and Data Structures

Sections	Topics
Section 1	Programming in C. Recursion. Arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary search trees, binary heaps, graphs.

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- Section 5: Algorithms

Sections	Topics
Section 1	Searching, sorting, hashing. Asymptotic worst case time and space complexity. Algorithm design techniques: greedy, dynamic programming and divide‐and‐conquer.
Section 2	Graph traversals, minimum spanning trees, shortest paths

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- Section 6: Theory of Computation

Sections	Topics
Section 1	Regular expressions and finite automata. Context-free grammars and push-down automata. Regular and context-free languages, pumping lemma. Turing machines and undecidability.

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- Section 7: Compiler Design

Sections	Topics
Section 1	Lexical analysis, parsing, syntax-directed translation. Runtime environments. Intermediate code generation.
Section 2	Local optimization, Data flow analyses: constant propagation, liveness analysis, common subexpression elimination.

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- Section 8: Operating System

Sections	Topics
Section 1	System calls, processes, threads, inter‐process communication, concurrency and synchronization.
Section 2	Deadlock. CPU and I/O scheduling. Memory management and virtual memory. File systems.

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- Section 9: Databases

Sections	Topics
Section 1	ER‐model. Relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL.
Section 2	Integrity constraints, normal forms. File organization, indexing (e.g., B and B+ trees). Transactions and concurrency control.

GATE CSE Syllabus 2023- Section 10: Computer Networks

Sections	Topics
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.