ghosting

English edit

ghost +‎ -ing

ghosting (countable and uncountable, plural ghostings)

The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.
(electronics, television) The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception.
(computing) Ghost imaging.
A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.
(computing) A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.
- 2011, John St. Clair, Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine, page 218:
  Examine your matrix map, and make sure that no three keystrokes form a rectangle with a fourth keystroke that will cause you problems. This prevents both ghosting and blocking.
(colloquial) A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation. [from 2000s]
Stories of ghosting often deal with broken-off romances, but it's worth mentioning that friend ghosting is real, and sometimes necessary.
The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.
(slang) letting out vape smoke slowly, to prevent people from noticing.

practice of hiding prisoners

appearance of ghosts on a television screen

ghost imaging

a form of identity theft

a way to break relationship

ghosting