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Tech Acronyms Decoded
CPU, SIM, VPN, QR: technology loves to talk in capital letters. Find out how many of those everyday abbreviations you can really spell out.
💻 Technology
easy
20 questions
~6 min
What this quiz asks
- What does CPU stand for?
- What does GPS stand for?
- What do the letters on this cash-machine sign stand for?
- The name Wi-Fi officially stands for 'Wireless Fidelity'.
- What does HTML, the code behind web pages, stand for?
- The SIM card in a mobile phone is a Subscriber Identity what?
- What does the 'QR' in QR code stand for?
- Select ALL of these abbreviations that name image file formats.
- Is the word 'pixel' short for 'picture element'?
- What does VPN stand for?
- The word 'modem' is a blend of which two words?
- Order these kinds of network by the area they are designed to cover, smallest first.
- In an email, what does 'Bcc' stand for?
- Select ALL of these acronyms in which the letter L stands for 'Light'.
- The word 'bit' is a contraction of 'binary digit'.
- What does HDMI, the cable that links a TV to a games console, stand for?
- In what year was the QR code invented?
- The word RADAR began as an acronym. What does it stand for?
- The CAPTCHA puzzles that check you are human take part of their name from which test?
- In mobile networks, what does LTE stand for?