Computers and communication networks
Whole chapter · 9–14 focused hours
Computers and communication networks
First systematic UPSC revision with school-level arithmetic and basic science vocabulary; no specialist science degree assumed.
Includes
- Assigned sections and concise recall notes
- Available mapped practice and analysis of mistakes
- One initial closed-book review
Separate time needed
- Specialist derivations and laboratory training
- Subsequent revision and full mock tests
- Continuing technology and mission updates
- Duplicated ecology, agriculture, health-administration or energy-policy study
Editorial planning estimate; not learner timing data
- Computer organisation
- Software and translation
- Data transmission
- Network organisation
- Communication protocols
- Connected physical devices
Whole chapter reading
- Computer Science XI: Computer System ↗
Sections 1.1 and 1.3, printed/PDF pages 1–2 and 5–7; exclude the decimal/binary-prefix table
- Basics of Computer ↗
Sections 1.7–1.9, PDF pages 11–15
- Computer Networks ↗
Sections 5.1–5.3, PDF pages 2–6
- Computer Networks ↗
Sections 5.4–5.5, PDF pages 7–13
- Computer Networks ↗
Section 5.6, PDF pages 14–15
- Internet of Things ↗
Opening two paragraphs: sensors, actuators, communication constraints and machine-to-machine interoperability.