Important Terms in News

May 6, 2024

Terms	Deals With
Digital Thread	It is also known as a digital chain. It is an architecture that links data from all the distributed manufacturing components during a product life cycle. It encompasses the flow of information generated at different stages – from design and production to sale, use and disposal. It optimizes the manufacturing process and improves overall operational efficiency.
Voice Activity Detection (VAD)	VAD is a key digital signal processing component and is used in different speech-based applications. VAD is a technique of identifying the presence of human speech in an audio. It involves analyzing an audio signal and identifying features characteristic of human speech such as specific frequency range or energy level.
Diagnostic Analytics	It is a type of data analysis. It is a process of understanding the causes of trends, events, or behaviors. It is considered a logical step after using descriptive analytics to find the causes and correlations between variables. It can be done manually, or by using algorithms and statistical software.
Drive-by Attack	Drive-by download attack or simply drive-by attack is a technique by which malicious code is automatically downloaded onto a user’s device without their knowledge. Cybercriminals plant malicious scripts into HTTP or PHP code on insecure websites. Whenever someone visits these pages, the malware is directly installed on their systems.
Diplomatic Passports	Applicability: Diplomatic passports have maroon covers, and are valid for five years or less. However, normal passports, which have dark blue covers and are valid for 10 years (for adults) Privileges: Holders of such passports are entitled to certain privileges and immunities as per the international law, including immunity from arrest, detention, and certain legal proceedings in the host country. Issued to: The MEA’s Consular, Passport & Visa Division issues diplomatic passports (‘Type D’ passports) to people falling in broadly five categories: Those with diplomatic status Government-appointed individuals travelling abroad for official business Officers working under the branches A and B of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), normally at the rank of Joint Secretary and above Relatives and immediate family of officers employed in IFS and MEA Select individuals who are authorized to undertake official travel on behalf of the government. This includes union ministers and MPs who often travel abroad representing the government. The validity of these passports is concurrent with the term of the MP. Example: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi surrendered his diplomatic passport after he was disqualified as an MP last March.

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