Important Abbreviations Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: Very Small Aperture Terminal

A VSAT is a Very Small Aperture Terminal - a satellite earth station with a dish small enough to sit on a building, used to connect remote sites.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The LTTE was the separatist organisation that fought the Sri Lankan state from 1976 until its defeat in 2009.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Very Large Scale Integrated

VLSI is Very Large Scale Integration - hundreds of thousands of transistors or more on one chip, the degree of integration that made the microprocessor possible.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Free On Board

FOB is a shipping term: the seller's responsibility and cost end once the goods are loaded on board, after which the risk passes to the buyer.

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: B

Correct answer: Structured Query Language

SQL is Structured Query Language, used to define, query and control relational data.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Asymmetric DSL

ADSL is Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. Asymmetric means the downstream rate is much higher than the upstream, which suits ordinary browsing, where far more is received than sent.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Executive Information System

An EIS presents summarised information to senior management, drawing on the organisation's operational systems.

Answer: D

Correct answer: World Wide Web

WWW is the World Wide Web - the system of linked hypertext documents carried over the internet, which is the network beneath it.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Public Works Department

The PWD is the government department responsible for public buildings, roads and bridges.