Class 12 Computer Science - Unit Wise
Syllabus
Unit 1: Computational Thinking and Programming – 2
• Revision of Python topics covered in Class XI.
• Functions: types of function (built-in functions, functions defined in module, user defined
functions), creating user defined function, arguments and parameters, default parameters,
positional parameters, function returning value(s), flow of execution, scope of a variable
(global scope, local scope)
• Exception Handling: Introduction, handling exceptions using try-except-finally blocks
• Introduction to files, types of files (Text file, Binary file, CSV file), relative and absolute
paths
• Text file: opening a text file, text file open modes (r, r+, w, w+, a, a+), closing a text file,
opening a file using with clause, writing/appending data to a text file using write() and
writelines(), reading from a text file using read(), readline() and readlines(), seek and tell
methods, manipulation of data in a text file
• Binary file: basic operations on a binary file: open using file open modes (rb, rb+, wb, wb+,
ab, ab+), close a binary file, import pickle module, dump() and load() method, read,
write/create, search, append and update operations in a binary file
• CSV file: import csv module, open / close csv file, write into a csv file using writer(),
writerow(), writerows() and read from a csv file using reader()
• Data Structure: Stack, operations on stack (push & pop), implementation of stack using
list.
Unit 2: Computer Networks
• Evolution of networking: introduction to computer networks, evolution of networking
(ARPANET, NSFNET, INTERNET)
• Data communication terminologies: concept of communication, components of data
communication (sender, receiver, message, communication media, protocols), measuring
capacity of communication media (bandwidth, data transfer rate), IP address, switching
techniques (Circuit switching, Packet switching)
• Transmission media: Wired communication media (Twisted pair cable, Co-axial cable,
Fiber-optic cable), Wireless media (Radio waves, Micro waves, Infrared waves)
• Network devices (Modem, Ethernet card, RJ45, Repeater, Hub, Switch, Router, Gateway,
WIFI card)
• Network topologies and Network types: types of networks (PAN, LAN, MAN, WAN),
networking topologies (Bus, Star, Tree)
• Network protocol: HTTP, FTP, PPP, SMTP, TCP/IP, POP3, HTTPS, TELNET, VoIP
• Introduction to web services: WWW, Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Extensible
Markup Language (XML), domain names, URL, website, web browser, web servers, web
hosting
Unit 3: Database Management
• Database concepts: introduction to database concepts and its need
• Relational data model: relation, attribute, tuple, domain, degree, cardinality, keys
(candidate key, primary key, alternate key, foreign key)
• Structured Query Language: introduction, Data Definition Language and Data
Manipulation Language, data type (char(n), varchar(n), int, float, date), constraints (not null,
unique, primary key), create database, use database, show databases, drop database, show
tables, create table, describe table, alter table (add and remove an attribute, add and remove
primary key), drop table, insert, delete, select, operators (mathematical, relational and
logical), aliasing, distinct clause, where clause, in, between, order by, meaning of null, is null,
is not null, like, update command, delete command, aggregate functions (max, min, avg, sum,
count), group by, having clause, joins: cartesian product on two tables, equi-join and natural
join
• Interface of python with an SQL database: connecting SQL with Python, performing insert,
update, delete queries using cursor, display data by using connect(), cursor(), execute(),
commit(), fetchone(), fetchall(), rowcount, creating database connectivity applications, use
of %s format specifier or format() to perform queries
