steganography
Jun. 22nd, 2006 07:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordsteganography - n., the art and science of writing hidden messages.
As opposed to cryptography, where the message is not disguised but the content is obscured. Microdots, in the Cold War. One current form is to convey the message in the least significant digits of a digital object, such as an image or sound file. From Greek staganos, covered, roofed + graphy, writing.
Yes, stegosaurus means "roof-lizard." I can only assume the discovering paleontologist thought the back plates were overlapping like shingles.
---L.
As opposed to cryptography, where the message is not disguised but the content is obscured. Microdots, in the Cold War. One current form is to convey the message in the least significant digits of a digital object, such as an image or sound file. From Greek staganos, covered, roofed + graphy, writing.
Yes, stegosaurus means "roof-lizard." I can only assume the discovering paleontologist thought the back plates were overlapping like shingles.
---L.
