CBSE Class 10 Computer Science Syllabus 2026 - Chapter Wise Topics & Marks

1

Networking

2

HTML

3

Cyber Ethics

4

Lab Exercises/Practicals

Chapter-1 Networking

Internet: World Wide Web, web servers, web clients, websites, 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, eShopping, e-Reservation, e-Governance, e-Groups, social networking.

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

Chapter-2 HTML

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: name, mailto), targets.

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

Chapter-3 Cyber Ethics

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.

Chapter-4 Lab Exercises/Practicals

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.

1

Networking

15

17

05

2

HTML

25

30

50

3

Cyber Ethics

10

08

10

4

Practicals

50

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-

Total

100

55

65

1.

Lab Test (20 marks)

HTML (design one web page based on a diagram)

20

2.

Report File + viva (20 marks)

Report file: At least 10 HTML pages

15

Viva voce (based on the report file)

05

3.

Project (that uses most of the concepts that have been learned)

10 marks

Total (50 marks)