B's

Question 1

BD

Answer 1

(Blu-ray Disc)

The latest generation of optical disc technology that uses a 405 mm blue laser for high density storage, with disc capacity of 25 GB per layer. Transfer rates are measured in multiples of 36MBps.

Question 2

BIOS

Answer 2

(Basic Input/Output System)

Firmware that contains programs and information relating to the basic operation of PC components such as drives, keyboard, video display, and ports. It also contains specific routines to allow set-up configuration to be viewed and edited and it contains the self-diagnostic Power-On Self-Test (POST) program used to detect fundamental faults in PC components. BIOS can also be used to secure components not protected by the OS by specifying a supervisor password (to prevent tampering with BIOS settings) and a user password (to boot the PC).

Question 3

BLE

Answer 3

(Bluetooth Low Energy)

A radio-based technology designed for small battery-powered devices that transmit small amounts of data infrequently. BLE is not backwards-compatible with “classic” Bluetooth, though a device can support both standards simultaneously.

Question 4

BRI

Answer 4

(Basic Rate Interface)

A class of ISDN service that provides two 64 Kbps (B channels) for data and one 16 Kbps (D channel) for link management control signals

Question 5

BSSID

Answer 5

(Basic Service Set Identifier)

The MAC address of the access point.