Steg

//stɛɡ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gander. obsolete

    "[…]the males [geese] (Gander or Steg)"

Verb
  1. 1
    To conceal (data) by means of steganography. informal, transitive

    "Stego rasterizes the image, then stegs data into the least significant bit (or LSB) of each of the RGB color values."

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"Stego rasterizes the image, then stegs data into the least significant bit (or LSB) of each of the RGB color values."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Shortening of steganography.

Etymology 2

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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