Steganography
security
Hiding a secret message within a larger one in such a way that others can not discern the presence or contents of the hidden message. For example, a message might be hidden within an image by changing the least significant bits to be the message bits.
[Chaffing and Winnowing: Confidentiality without Encryption, Ronald L. Rivest, MIT Lab for Computer Science, 1998-03-22 (http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~rivest/chaffing.txt)].
(1998-07-13)
Read Also:
- Stegner
noun 1. Wallace (Earle) 1909–93, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Stegnosis
stegnosis steg·no·sis (stěg-nō’sĭs) n. A stoppage of a secretion. A constriction or stenosis.
- Stegnotic
stegnotic steg·not·ic (stěg-nŏt’ĭk) adj. Astringent or constipating. n. An agent that is astringent or constipating.
- Stego
1. a combining form meaning “cover,” used in the formation of compound words: stegosaur. verb to hide information by embedding it inside ordinary text or images Word Origin Greek steganos ‘covered’ Usage Note computing
- Stegodon
noun 1. any extinct elephantlike mammal of the genus Stegodon, from the late Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, usually considered to be directly ancestral to the modern elephant. noun 1. any proboscidean mammal of the genus Stegodon, of Pliocene to Pleistocene times, similar to the mastodons