Question

The acronym “YAHOO” stands for:

• A. A song sung by Shammi Kapoor
• B. Yet Another Hierarchical Object Orientation
• C. Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
• D. Young American Hi-tech Organization in Ohio
• E. None of these

Hint:

Many tech acronyms started as jokes—Yahoo’s full form is “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle,” a playful name for its original web directory.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Origin of YAHOO.
Yahoo was founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo as a directory of websites. They humorously named it “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.”
Step 2: Breaking it down.
- “Yet Another” was a common prefix in computing acronyms at the time.
- “Hierarchical” reflects the directory structure of the early Yahoo web catalog.
- “Officious Oracle” humorously referred to it being an all-knowing guide to the internet.
Step 3: Eliminating other options.
- (A) Incorrect: While Shammi Kapoor sang a famous song “Yahoo!”, it is unrelated.
- (B) Incorrect wording (Object Orientation).
- (D) Incorrect expansion.
- (E) Incorrect, as (C) is right.
Thus, the correct expansion is option (C).
\[ \boxed{C} \]