This book focuses on the basics of computer science and builds on the concepts, step by step, before introducing Python, a programming language that helps to integrate systems more effectively. Spread across 17 chapters, it exposes students to programming problems of varying difficulty levels to help them ace their board exams with ease. Amply supported by illustrative diagrams, keywords and topic highlights, this book is an ideal text that helps students build a firm foundation in the subject.

Reema Thareja is Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Shyama Prasad Mukherji College, University of Delhi.

1. Computer Systems and Organization
2. Information Representation
3. Boolean Algebra
4. System Software and Computing Techniques
5. Algorithms and Pseudocodes
6. Basics of Computational Thinking
7. Python – Building Blocks
8. Decision Control Statements
9. Basic Loop Structures/ Iterative Statements
10. Functions and Modules
11. Strings
12. Lists
13. Tuple
14. Dictionaries
15. Sorting
16. Society, Laws and Ethics – I
17. Society, Laws and Ethics – II