Meanings
- uncountableThe art and science of concealing a secret message, data, or file within another innocuous message, image, audio file, or physical object in a way that hides the very existence of the hidden information from casual observation.
She shewed me a short manuscript in French, where the great work was clearly explained. She told me that she did not keep it under lock and key, because it was written in a cypher, the secret of which was known only to herself. "You do not believe, then, in steganography."
1894, Arthur Machen, transl., The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798, volume 11: Paris and Holland, translation of original by Giacomo Casanova - uncountablecomputingThe use of small computer files to communicate secret information.
Using the steganography tools available today, suspects can even hide data inside JPEGs and audio files.
2005, Chris Davis, David Cowen, Aaron Philipp, Hacking Exposed Computer Forensics: Secrets & Solutions, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekστεγανός“cover, roof”
- Englishsteganography
From Ancient Greek στεγανός (steganós, “cover, roof”) + -graphy.
More words from Ancient Greek
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Bulgarian стеганография
- стеганография (steganografija)steganography
Catalan esteganografia
- esteganografiasteganography
Czech steganografie
- steganografiesteganography
Dutch steganografie
- steganografiesteganography
Finnish steganografia
- steganografiasteganography
French stéganographie
- stéganographiesteganography
German Steganographie
- Steganographiesteganography
Italian steganografia
- steganografiasteganography
Polish steganografia
- steganografiasteganography
Portuguese esteganografia
- esteganografiasteganography
Romanian steganografie
- steganografiesteganography
Russian стеганогра́фия, та́йнопись
- стеганогра́фия (steganográfija)steganography
- та́йнопись (tájnopisʹ)steganography
Spanish esteganografía
- esteganografíasteganography
Cite this entry
steganography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steganography
“steganography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steganography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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