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CST — Complete Study Notes

The whole syllabus, organised the way you should read it. Ten units, 62 chapters — each written from first principles up to exam depth, with diagrams and worked examples. Pick a unit to open its chapter notes.

10 units 62 chapters ≈ 70 hours of reading
Unit 01

Fundamentals of Computers

How a computer is built and how each part works — from bits to the boot process.

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8 chapters · 5–6 hrs

  1. 1.1Introduction & Functional Components
  2. 1.2Evolution and Generations of Computers
  3. 1.3Classification and Applications
  4. 1.4Input, Output and Memory Devices
  5. 1.5Software Concepts & Problem Solving
  6. 1.6Office Tools — Word, Spreadsheet, Presentation
  7. 1.7Motherboard, Types and Components
  8. 1.8Power Supply & Assembling a Computer
Unit 02

Discrete Structures & Optimization

The mathematics of computing — logic, sets, counting, graphs and Boolean algebra.

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5 chapters · 7–8 hrs

  1. 2.1Mathematical Logic
  2. 2.2Sets, Relations and Functions
  3. 2.3Counting, Induction and Probability
  4. 2.4Graph Theory
  5. 2.5Boolean Algebra
Unit 03

Computer System Architecture

Inside the machine — logic circuits, number systems, the CPU and the memory system.

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7 chapters · 7–9 hrs

  1. 3.1Digital Logic Circuits & Components
  2. 3.2Data Representation
  3. 3.3Basic Computer Organization & Design
  4. 3.4Programming the Basic Computer
  5. 3.5Central Processing Unit
  6. 3.6Input–Output Organization
  7. 3.7Memory Hierarchy
Unit 04

Programming Languages & Graphics

Language design, C, object-oriented C++ and the technologies of the web.

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6 chapters · 8–10 hrs

  1. 4.1Language Design & Translation
  2. 4.2Elementary Data Types
  3. 4.3Programming in C
  4. 4.4Object Oriented Programming
  5. 4.5Programming in C++
  6. 4.6Web Programming
Unit 05

Database Management Systems

Modelling data, querying it with SQL, normalizing it and mining it for insight.

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5 chapters · 7–8 hrs

  1. 5.1Database Concepts & Architecture
  2. 5.2Data Modelling — ER & Relational
  3. 5.3SQL
  4. 5.4Normalization
  5. 5.5Data Warehousing & Data Mining
Unit 06

System Software & Operating Systems

Processes, scheduling, deadlocks, memory, files, security and real OS internals.

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8 chapters · 9–11 hrs

  1. 6.1System Software
  2. 6.2Basics of Operating Systems
  3. 6.3Process Management & Synchronization
  4. 6.4Threads & CPU Scheduling
  5. 6.5Deadlocks
  6. 6.6Memory Management
  7. 6.7Storage, File & I/O Systems
  8. 6.8Security · Linux · Windows
Unit 07

Software Engineering

How real software is planned, specified, designed and tested.

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4 chapters · 5–6 hrs

  1. 7.1Software Process Models
  2. 7.2Software Requirements
  3. 7.3Software Design
  4. 7.4Software Testing
Unit 08

Data Structures & Algorithms

Organising data and designing efficient algorithms — with complexity analysis.

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5 chapters · 9–11 hrs

  1. 8.1Linear Data Structures
  2. 8.2Trees, Graphs & Hashing
  3. 8.3Performance Analysis & Recurrences
  4. 8.4Algorithm Design Techniques
  5. 8.5Graph Algorithms & Complexity Theory
Unit 09

Data Communication & Networks

From signals on a wire to the OSI model, IP addressing, the web and security.

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8 chapters · 8–10 hrs

  1. 9.1Data Communication
  2. 9.2Computer Networks & Topologies
  3. 9.3Network Models — OSI & TCP/IP
  4. 9.4IP Addressing & Routing
  5. 9.5WWW, Email & Application Protocols
  6. 9.6Network Security
  7. 9.7Mobile Technology
  8. 9.8Cloud Computing & IoT
Unit 10

Artificial Intelligence

Search, knowledge representation, expert systems, NLP and neural networks.

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6 chapters · 5–7 hrs

  1. 10.1Approaches to AI
  2. 10.2Knowledge Representation
  3. 10.3Problem Solving by Searching
  4. 10.4Natural Language Processing
  5. 10.5Artificial Neural Networks
  6. 10.6Applications of AI