Which of the following represent the symbolic embodiment of all the information connected with a product or service?

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V-Model (Vee-Model) - The V-Model, also called the Vee-Model, is a product-development process originally developed in Germany for government defense projects.
vacuum tube (VT, electron tube or valve) - Also see cathode ray tube (CRT), the specialized kind of vacuum tube that is in most desktop display monitors.
VAL IT (value from IT investments) - VAL IT (value from IT investments) is a framework that outlines governance best practices for information technology-enabled business investments.
validated learning - Validated learning is an approach to demonstrating progress against business goals when traditional key performance indicators (KPIs) are not very useful.
validation set - A validation set is a set of data used to train artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of finding and optimizing the best model to solve a given problem.
value chain - A value chain is a concept describing the full chain of a business's activities in the creation of a product or service -- from the initial reception of materials all the way through its delivery to market, and everything in between.
value driver - A value driver is an activity or capability that adds worth to a product, service or brand.
value innovation - Value innovation is the implementation of upgrades or new technologies designed to help a company differentiate its products or services while lowering costs.
value proposition - A value proposition is a statement that clearly identifies the benefits a company's products and services will deliver to its customers.
value stream mapping - Value stream mapping is a Toyota lean manufacturing visualization tool for documenting all the processes that are required to bring a product to market.
value-added reseller (VAR) - A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that resells software, hardware, and other products and services that provide value beyond the original order fulfillment.
value-based healthcare - Value-based healthcare, also known as value-based care, is a payment model that rewards healthcare providers for providing quality care to patients.
value-sensitive design (VSD) - Value-sensitive design (VSD) is a concept that advocates the consideration of human principles and standards when planning technology.
valve - A valve is a mechanism that opens and closes to control the flow of fluids.
vandal - A vandal is an executable file, usually an applet or an ActiveX control, associated with a Web page that is designed to be harmful, malicious, or at the very least inconvenient to the user.
vanilla - In information technology, vanilla (pronounced vah-NIHL-uh) is an adjective meaning plain or basic.
vanity metrics - A vanity metric is a unit of measurement that looks positive but fails to provide the viewer with any information that can be used to drive future actions.
vanity URL (vanity uniform resource locator) - A vanity uniform resource locator is a truncated URL that extends an organization's brand.
Vannevar Bush - An electrical engineer by training, Vannevar Bush is credited with having the idea of hypertext or "instant cross-referencing," decades before the term itself was conceived by Ted Nelson and before the concept was widely implemented on the World Wide Web.
vaporware - Vaporware is software or hardware that is announced publicly and actively promoted by a vendor even though it does not yet exist.
VAR agreement (value-added reseller agreement) - A VAR agreement is a legal contract between a manufacturer and a value-added reseller that specifies details of the rights and obligations of both parties.
variable - In programming, a variable is a value that can change, depending on conditions or on information passed to the program.
Variable Length Subnet Mask (VLSM) - Variable Length Subnet Mask (VLSM) is a subnet -- a segmented piece of a larger network -- design strategy where all subnet masks can have varying sizes.
variable manipulation - Variable manipulation is a method of specifying or editing variables in a computer program.
variable speed limit (VSL) - A variable speed limit is a flexible restriction on the rates at which motorists can drive on a given stretch of road.
varicode - Varicode is a method of binary character encoding in which the number of bits for each character is not fixed, but varies for each character depending on how often that character occurs in general usage.
VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) - VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) is an established line of mid-range server computers from the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
Vblock (VCE Vblock) - Vblock is VCE’s hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) product family.
VBScript - VBScript is an interpreted script language from Microsoft that is a subset of its Visual Basic programming language designed for interpretation by Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) web browser.
VCAP (VMware Certified Advanced Professional) - VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) is VMware's third highest certification level out of four levels.
vCard - A vCard is an electronic business (or personal) card and also the name of an industry specification for the kind of communication exchange that is done on business or personal cards.
VCB proxy (VMware Consolidated Backup proxy) - VCB proxy (VMware Consolidated Backup proxy) is the server that collects virtual machine (VM) backup data from VMware Consolidated Backup.
VCD (video CD or video compact disc) - VCD (also called video CD, video compact disc or "disc") is a compact diskformat based on CD-ROM XAthat is specifically designed to hold MPEG-1video data and to include interactive capabilities.
vCIO (virtual CIO) - A vCIO, or virtual CIO, is a contractor or company that serves as an organization's chief information officer.
vCPE (virtual customer premises equipment) - Virtual customer premises equipment (also referred to as vCPE or cloud CPE) are enterprise network services delivered through software.
VCR (videocassette recorder) - A VCR (videocassette recorder) is an electromechanical device for recording and playing back full-motion audio-visual programming on cassettes containing magnetic tape.
VDA (Virtual Desktop Access) - Windows Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) is an authorization strategy that requires each device seeking access to a virtual desktop in a Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to be licensed.
VDI boot storm - A virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI boot storm is the degradation of service that occurs when a significant number of end users boot up within a very narrow time frame and overwhelm the network with data requests.
VDT (video display terminal, visual display terminal) - VDT (video display terminal, or sometimes visual display terminal) is a term used, especially in ergonomic studies, for the computer display.
vector - A vector is a quantity or phenomenon that has two independent properties: magnitude and direction.
vector graphics - Vector graphics are computer images created through a sequence of commands or mathematical statements that place lines and shapes in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional space.
vector graphics rendering (VML) - Vector graphics rendering, sometimes abbreviated VML, refers to scalable vector graphics (SVG) used in Web pages.
vectored interrupt - In a computer, a vectored interrupt is an I/O interrupt that tells the part of the computer that handles I/O interrupts at the hardware level that a request for attention from an I/O device has been received and and also identifies the device that sent the request.
Veeam Backup & Replication - Veeam Backup & Replication is a software product developed by Veeam Software to back up, restore and replicate data on virtual machines (VMs).
vehicle intelligence - Vehicle intelligence is the application of sensors, mechatronics and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance vehicles or make them fully autonomous driverless cars.
vehicle to infrastructure (V2I or v2i) - Vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I or V2X) is a communication model that allows vehicles to share information with the components that support a country's highway system.
vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V communication) - Vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V communication) is the wireless transmission of data between motor vehicles.
velocity - Velocity is a vector expression of the displacement that an object or particle undergoes with respect to time.
vendor - A vendor is an individual or company that sells goods or services to somone else in the economic production chain.
vendor lock-in - Vendor lock-in is a situation in which a customer using a product or service cannot easily transition to a competitor’s product or service.
vendor management office (VMO) - A vendor management office (VMO) is an internal unit within an enterprise that is charged with evaluating third-party providers of goods and services, supervising day-to-day interactions and managing longer-term relationships.
vendor management system (VMS) - A vendor management system (VMS) is an enterprise software platform that allows companies to control the process of procuring and managing a flexible workforce, including temporary employees, statement-of-work (SOW) employees, and freelance or contract employees.
vendor neutral - Vendor neutrality is a business and design approach that seeks to ensure broad compatibility and interchangeability of products and technologies.
vendor neutral archive (VNA) - A vendor neutral archive (VNA) is a technology that stores medical images in a standard format and interface, making them accessible to healthcare professionals regardless of what proprietary system created the images.
vendor risk management (VRM) - Vendor risk management (VRM) is a comprehensive plan for identifying and decreasing potential business uncertainties and legal liabilities regarding the hiring of 3rd party vendors for IT products and services.
vendor-managed inventory (VMI) - Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is an inventory management technique in which a supplier of goods, usually the manufacturer, is responsible for optimizing the inventory held by a distributor.
Venmo - Venmo is a smartphone app that designed to transfer payments from one user to another through connected bank accounts.
Venn diagram - A Venn diagram is an illustration of the relationships between and among sets, groups of objects that share something in common.
vEPC (virtual Evolved Packet Core) - The vEPC offers a framework to support converged voice and data on 4G Long-Term Evolution networks.
VeriChip - VeriChip is an injectable identification chip that can be inserted under the skin of a human being to provide biometric verification.
Veritas Backup Exec (Symantec Backup Exec) - Veritas Backup Exec is a data protection software product that supports virtual, physical and cloud platforms.
Veritas NetBackup (Symantec NetBackup) - Veritas NetBackup -- known as Symantec NetBackup from 2005 to 2016 -- is a backup and recovery software suite designed for enterprise users.
Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) - The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is an annual publication that provides data from and analysis of information security incidents, with a specific focus on data breaches.
Verizon VERIS (Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing) Framework - The VERIS (Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing) Framework is a taxonomy that standardizes how security incidents are described and categorized.
version control - Version control (also known as revision control or source control) is a category of processes and tools designed to keep track of multiple different versions of software, content, documents, websites and other information in development.
versioning - Versioning is the creation and management of multiple releases of a product, all of which have the same general function, but are improved, upgraded or customized.
vertical bar - The vertical bar ( | ) is a symbol used in mathematics, computing and other areas to represent a specific type of logic or operation, depending on its context.
vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) - A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) is a specialized laser diode that promises to revolutionize fiber optic communications by improving efficiency and increasing data speed.
vertical cloud - A vertical cloud is a set of cloud computing services optimized for use in a particular industry, or for a specific business model.
vertical farming - Vertical farming is the practice of growing vegetables and fruit in vertically stacked layers.
vertical interval time code (VITC) - Vertical interval time code (abbreviated VITC and sometimes pronounced VIHT-see) is a timing signal that is part of a video recording.
vertical market - A vertical market is made up of companies that offer goods and services to meet the needs of customers in a specific industry or niche market.
Vertical SaaS (Software as a Service) - Vertical SaaS describes a type of Software as a Service cloud computing solution created for a specific industry.
vertical search engine - A vertical search engine is a search engine that is dedicated to a particular area of focus.
vertical solutions provider (VSP) - On the Internet, a vertical solutions provider (VSP) is a company that focuses on delivering industry-specific application hosting services to customers in a specific vertical market such as manufacturing, health care, retailing, or financial service.
vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft - A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft is a vehicle that can depart, hover and land vertically.
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) - VLSI (very large-scale integration) is the current level of computer microchip miniaturization and refers to microchips containing in the hundreds of thousands of transistor s.
VESA Local Bus (VESA VL bus) - VESA Local Bus (sometimes called the VESA VL bus) is a standard interface between your computer and its expansion slot that provides faster data flow between the devices controlled by the expansion cards and your computer's microprocessor.
vestigial sideband (VSB) - Vestigial sideband (VSB) is a type of amplitude modulation (AM) technique (sometimes called VSB-AM) that encodes data by varying the amplitude of a single carrier frequency.
VHDX (Hyper-V virtual hard disk) - VHDX is a Hyper-V virtual hard disk (VHD) format found in Windows Server 2012.
VHS (Video Home System) - VHS (Video Home System) is a widely-adopted videocassette recording (VCR) technology that was developed by Japan Victor Company (JVC) and put on the market in 1976.
Viber - Viber is a VoIP and instant messaging application with cross-platform capabilities that allows users to exchange audio and video calls, stickers, group chats, and instant voice and video messages.
Video as a Service (VaaS) - Video as a Service (VaaS) is a delivery model where video conferencing capabilities are outsourced to a managed service provider and delivered over an IP network.
video card (graphics card) - A video adapter (alternate terms include graphics card, display adapter, video card, video board and almost any combination of the words in these terms) is an integrated circuit card in a computer or, in some cases, a monitor that provides digital-to-analog conversion, video RAM, and a video controller so that data can be sent to a computer's display.
video conferencing - Video conferencing is live, visual connection between two or more remote parties over the internet that simulates a face-to-face meeting.
video display unit (VDU) - A video display unit (VDU) consists of:A computer output device that uses a cathode ray tube or other technology to present visual imagesOne or more input devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, or both.
video game design - Video game design is the process of conceiving, planning and directing the creation of a video game.
video interview - A video interview is a job interview that takes place remotely and uses video technology as the communication medium.
Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 - The Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 is United States legislation that prevents wrongful disclosure of an individual's personally identifiable information stemming from their rental or purchase of audiovisual material, including videotapes, DVDs and video games.
video projector - A video projector is an electronic device that takes input audio/visual signals and outputs video onto any flat surface.
video resume - A video resume is a brief account of a job applicant's professional experience, qualifications and interests, submitted to a prospective employer in video form.
video streaming - Video streaming is a continuous transmission of video files from a server to a client.
video streaming service - A video streaming service is an on demand online entertainment source for TV shows, movies and other streaming media.
video telephony - Video telephony is full-duplex, real-time audio-visual communication between or among end users.
video wall - A video wall is a large display consisting of more than one video screen fixed together to form a single logical screen.
videogrammetry - Videogrammetry is the extraction of an object’s measurements from a video; measurements may be gathered from multiple angles or multiple videos.
Vimeo - Vimeo is a U.
Vine (Vine app) - Vine is a free mobile application that enables users to record and share an unlimited number of short, looping video clips with a maximum length of six seconds.
Vint Cerf (Vinton Gray Cerf) - Vint Cerf (Vinton Gray Cerf) is an American computer scientist best known as an Internet pioneer.
VIPER (View, Interactor, Presenter, Entity and Router) - VIPER (View, Interactor, Presenter, Entity and Router) is a design pattern for software development that develops modular code based on clean design architecture.

What is the symbolic embodiment of all information connected product or service?

A trademark is the symbolic embodiment of all the information connected with a product or service of a firm.

Which of the following is one of the primary parts of the value chain?

The primary activities of the value chain include inbound logistics, operation outbound logistics, marketing and sales, and service.

When a firm performs the same tasks better than its rivals it known as advantage?

Comparative Advantage. A firm's ability to produce a good or service more efficiently than its competitors, which leads to greater profit margins, creates a comparative advantage. Rational consumers will choose the cheaper of any two perfect substitutes offered.

Is the relative ability of parties in a situation to exert influence over each other?

Bargaining power is the relative ability of parties in an argumentative situation (such as bargaining, contract writing, or making an agreement) to exert influence over each other.