Meanings
steg1
present singular third person stegs · participle present stegging · participle past stegged · past stegged
- informaltransitiveTo conceal (data) by means of steganography.
Another project being worked on is stegging banned religious books from every language and putting them on the web.
2002, the Pull, “getting started”, in alt.fan.cult-dead-cow (Usenet)3 more examples
Stego rasterizes the image, then stegs data into the least significant bit (or LSB) of each of the RGB color values.
1994, Virtual Bob, “Crypto Maniac”, in comp.sys.mac.programmer (Usenet)It has become an article of faith that bin Laden and his associates routinely communicate through stegged messages posted on pornographic Web sites.
2004, David Clarke, Technology and terrorismSounds like nonsense to me - if you're going to pass stegged files there's plenty of anonymous dropfile sites, no need to use CP facilities which are likely to be subject to extra law enforcement, surveillance and site takedowns etc.
2008, Steve Walker, “Sick evil perverted pedos now helping terrorists.”, in uk.legal (Usenet)
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Origin
steg · noun
- Proto-Germanic*staggijaz
- Old Norsesteggr
- Middle Englishsteg
- Englishsteg
From Middle English steg, from Old Norse steggr, a word for the male of several animals, from Proto-Germanic *staggijaz. Compare stag.
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steg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steg
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