a) Very Large Output Lookup
b) Vertical Lookup
c) Value Locator
d) Variable Link
“VLOOKUP” in Excel stands for “Vertical Lookup.” It is a built-in function used for searching for a value in the first column of a table or range of data (the “lookup value”), and then returning a corresponding value from the same row in a specified column. VLOOKUP is commonly used to perform table lookups and retrieve specific information from a dataset. VLOOKUP is a powerful tool for data analysis, particularly when you need to extract information from a structured dataset or perform simple database-style lookups.