Important Abbreviations Questions and Answers

Answer: B

In USB, 'S' stands for Serial.

USB means Universal Serial Bus. It sends data one bit after another along a single channel (serially), and it was designed in the 1990s to replace the many separate serial and parallel ports on computers with one standard connector for keyboards, mice, printers, storage and more.

'Sequential', 'System' and 'Structured' are not part of the name.

Answer: B

IoT stands for Internet of Things.

The Internet of Things is the network of everyday physical objects, such as lights, thermostats, door locks, cameras and appliances, fitted with sensors and connectivity so that they can collect and exchange data and be controlled over the internet. Smart homes are a common example.

'Integration' and 'Technologies' are not part of the term; the 'things' are the connected physical devices.

Answer: B

WWW stands for World Wide Web.

The World Wide Web, proposed by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1989, is the system of interlinked web pages and resources identified by URLs and accessed over the internet through browsers using HTTP.

'Wise' and 'Websites' are not part of the term. The web is one service that runs on the internet, alongside others such as e-mail.

Answer: B

In RAM, 'R' stands for Random.

RAM means Random Access Memory: any memory location can be read or written directly, in about the same time, without going through the locations before it. It is volatile, losing its contents when the power is switched off.

'Read' belongs to ROM, Read Only Memory, which is non-volatile. 'Resource' and 'Retention' are not part of the term.

Answer: D

MSI stands for Medium Scale Integration.

Integrated circuits are classified by how many components (transistors or logic gates) are placed on one chip: SSI (small scale integration, up to about 10 gates), MSI (medium scale integration, roughly 10 to 100 gates), LSI (large scale), VLSI (very large scale) and beyond. MSI chips include counters, multiplexers and decoders.

'Medium Scale Integrated' uses the adjective instead of the noun; the I in SSI, MSI, LSI and VLSI is always integration. 'Micro-star Integrated' and 'Medium Scale Intelligent' are not terms used in electronics.

Answer: C

In AI, NLP stands for Natural Language Processing.

Natural language processing is the branch of AI that enables computers to understand, interpret and generate human language, as in machine translation, chatbots, speech assistants and text classification.

Neuro Linguistic Programming shares the same initials but is a self-help and communication technique, not a field of AI. 'Neutral Learning Projection' and 'Neural Logic Presentation' are invented expansions.

Answer: B

MPEG stands for Moving Picture Experts Group.

MPEG is a working group of ISO and IEC, set up in 1988, that develops standards for compressing audio and video, such as MPEG-1 (which includes MP3), MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.

The other expansions change 'Experts' to 'Effect' or 'Group' to 'Guide'; the standards body is a group of experts.

MPEG formats are used in digital television, DVDs and online video, and MP3 is short for MPEG-1 Audio Layer III.

Answer: D

W3C stands for World Wide Web Consortium.

The W3C, founded by Tim Berners-Lee in 1994, is the international standards organisation for the Web. It develops standards such as HTML, CSS and XML.

'Content', 'Commission' and 'Centre' are not part of its name; it is a consortium of member organisations.

Standards published by the W3C are called Recommendations; browsers follow them so that a web page displays the same way everywhere.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Computer Aided Design

CAD is the use of software to create and modify designs, replacing the drawing board.

Answer: C

Correct answer: National Defence Academy

The NDA at Khadakwasla trains cadets of the three services together before they go on to their separate academies.