Important Abbreviations Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: Object Linking And Embedding

OLE is Object Linking and Embedding: a document may either embed a copy of another application's object or link to it, so that changes to the original are reflected.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Read only Memory

ROM is Read Only Memory: its contents are fixed when it is made and survive a power cut, which is why the startup firmware lives there.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Logical Link Control

LLC is the upper of the two sublayers of the data link layer in the IEEE 802 model, sitting above the media access control sublayer.

Answer: A

Correct answer: British Broadcasting Corporation

The BBC is the United Kingdom's public service broadcaster, established in 1927.

Answer: B

Correct answer: High Definition Television

HDTV is High Definition Television, with 720 or 1080 lines against the 480 or 576 of the earlier standards.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Graphics Interchange Format

GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. The first word is the noun Graphics, which is what separates it from the plausible-looking Graphical alternatives.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Binary Large Object

A BLOB is a database column holding a large block of binary data - an image, a document, a sound file - which the database stores without interpreting.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Object Oriented Programming

OOP is Object Oriented Programming, in which data and the operations on it are bound together as objects.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Wholesale Price Index

The WPI measures the change in prices at the wholesale stage, as against the Consumer Price Index, which measures them at retail.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Debt Recovery Tribunals

DRTs were established under the 1993 Act to speed the recovery of debts owed to banks and financial institutions.