CBSE Computer Applications Class X (165)

CBSE Class - X
Computer Applications (Code No. 165)
Syllabus (2023-24)

Unit 1: Networking (15)

• Internet: World Wide Web, web servers, web clients, web sites, web pages, web browsers,
blogs, news groups, HTML, web address, e-mail address, downloading and uploading files from
a remote site.

• Internet protocols: TCP/IP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, HTTPS. Remote login and file transfer
protocols: SSH, SFTP, FTP, SCP, TELNET, SMTP, TCP/IP.

• Services available on the internet: information retrieval, locating sites using search engines
and finding people on the net;

• Web services: chat, email, video conferencing, e-Learning, e-Banking, e-Shopping, e-
Reservation, e-Governance, e-Groups, social networking.

• Mobile technologies: SMS, MMS, 3G, 4G.


Unit 2: HTML (25)

• Introduction to web page designing using HTML: create and save an HTML document, access
a web page using a web browser.

• HTML tags: html, head, title, body, (attributes: text, background, bgcolor, link, vlink, alink), br
(break), hr(horizontal rule), inserting comments, h1..h6 (heading), p (paragraph), b (bold), i
(italics), u (underline), ul (unordered list), ol (ordered list), and li (list item). Description lists: dl,
dt and dd. Attributes of ol (start, type), ul (type).

• Font tags (attributes: face, size, color).

• Insert images: img (attributes: src, width, height, alt), sup (super script), sub (subscript).

• HTML Forms: Textbox, radio buttons, checkbox, password, list, combobox.

• Embed audio and video in a HTML page.

• Create a table using the tags: table, tr, th, td, rowspan, colspan.

• Links: significance of linking, anchor element (attributes: href, mailto), targets.

• Cascading style sheets: colour, background-colour, border-style, margin, height, width,
outline, font (family, style, size), align, float.


Unit 3: Cyber ethics (10)

• Netiquettes.

• Software licenses and the open source software movement.

• Intellectual property rights, plagiarism and digital property rights.

• Freedom of information and the digital divide.

• E-commerce: Privacy, fraud, secure data transmission. 4. Lab Exercises.

• Create static web pages.

• Use style sheets to enforce a format in an HTML page (CSS).

• Embed pictures, audio and videos in an HTML page.

• Add tables and frames in an HTML page.

• Decorate web pages using graphical elements.

• Create a website using several web pages. Students may use any open source or proprietary
tool.

• Work with HTML forms: text box, radio buttons, checkbox, password, list, combo box.

• Write a blog using HTML pages discussing viruses, malware, spam and antiviruses.

• Create a web page discussing plagiarism. List some reported cases of plagiarism and the
consequent punishment meted out. Explain the nature of the punishment in different
countries as per their IP laws.