MPPSC 2020 Prelims Paper-I · Question 92 of 100

Correct — B, Extensible Markup Language. XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language — a text-based format for storing and transporting structured data, in which users can define their own tags.

• (a)Example Markup Language — The 'X' in XML stands for 'Extensible', not 'Example'.
• (c)X Markup Language — 'X' is an abbreviation of 'Extensible'; the full form spells it out.
• (d)Extra Modern Link — Not the expansion of XML; XML is a markup language, not a 'link'.

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a W3C standard for encoding documents in a format that is both human- and machine-readable. Unlike HTML's fixed tags, XML lets users define custom tags to describe data.

Full-form recall. Fix XML = eXtensible Markup Language; it carries data, while HTML displays web pages.

• XML = eXtensible Markup Language.
• It stores and transports structured data using custom tags.
• It is a W3C recommendation, platform-independent.
• HTML formats display; XML describes/carries data.

• Expanding the 'X' as 'Example' or 'Extra'
• Confusing XML (data) with HTML (display)

Abbreviation full-form — XML = Extensible Markup Language.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  HTML stands for:

  • (a)HyperText Markup Language
  • (b)High Text Markup Language
  • (c)HyperText Modern Language
  • (d)Home Tool Markup Language

  Answer(a) HyperText Markup Language.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Which lightweight data-interchange format is a common alternative to XML?

  • (a)JSON
  • (b)CSS
  • (c)SQL
  • (d)FTP

  Answer(a) JSON.