Important Abbreviations Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: Generalized Markup Language

GML is IBM's Generalized Markup Language, from which SGML and through it HTML and XML descend.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Low Level Language

A LLL is a low level language - machine code or assembly, close to the processor's own instruction set.

Answer: B

Correct answer: High Level Language

An HLL is a high level language, written in terms of the problem rather than of the machine and needing a compiler or interpreter.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Facsimile

Fax is short for facsimile, meaning an exact copy: the machine scans a page and reproduces it at the far end. It is a shortening of one word rather than an acronym.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Micro Processor Unit

An MPU is a Microprocessor Unit - the processor itself on a single chip.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Automatic Teller Machine

An ATM is an Automatic Teller Machine. Note that the same three letters mean Asynchronous Transfer Mode in networking, where the context makes the difference.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIDS is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - acquired because it is not inherited, and a syndrome because it is a set of conditions arising from the damaged immune system.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Brazil, Russia, India and China

BRIC is the grouping of Brazil, Russia, India and China, named in 2001 for the large economies then growing fastest; South Africa joined later, making BRICS.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Electronic Voting Machines

EVM stands for Electronic Voting Machine, used in Indian elections in place of paper ballots since the 1990s.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

IRBM - the class with a range of roughly 3,000 to 5,500 km, between the medium-range and intercontinental classes. The word abbreviated is Range.