Important Terms in News

6 May 2024

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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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