Important Abbreviations Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3

MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer III - the third and most efficient of the audio coding layers defined in the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standards. The 3 is the layer, not a version number.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Localised Service Area

An LSA is the geographical area within which a telecom licence permits service to be provided.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Gateway Internet Access Service

GIAS was the Gateway Internet Access Service, the dial-up service through which VSNL first offered public internet access in India in 1995.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Intermediate Language

IL is Intermediate Language - the platform-neutral code a compiler produces, which a virtual machine or just-in-time compiler then turns into machine instructions.

Answer: B

Correct answer: British National Space Centre

The BNSC coordinated British civil space activity until it was replaced by the UK Space Agency in 2010.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Plug and Play

PnP is Plug and Play: the system detects a newly attached device and configures it without the user setting jumpers or resources by hand.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Million Instructions per Second

MIPS is a measure of processor speed, though a crude one, since instructions differ in how much work they do.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Code Division Multiple Access

CDMA lets many transmitters share one frequency band at once, each using a different code, so the receiver can separate them.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Command User Interfaces

A CUI is a command, or character, user interface - one driven by typed commands, as against the GUI's windows and pointer.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Video Compact Disc

A VCD is a Video Compact Disc, holding about 74 minutes of MPEG-1 video on an ordinary CD.