Ghosting may refer to:
Common uses
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Ghosting (identity theft)
Ghosting is 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") whose death is not widely known. Usually, the person who steals this identity (the "ghos ...
, a form of identity theft, whereby a person takes on the identity of a deceased person
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Ghosting (incarceration), repeatedly moving a prisoner through different institutions to avoid scrutiny, or because the prisoner has become unmanageable
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Ghosting (behavior)
Ghosting, also known as simmering or icing, is a Colloquialism, colloquial term which describes the practice of ending all communication and contact with another person without any apparent warning or justification and ignoring any subsequent attem ...
, ending all communication and contact with another person without any apparent warning or justification
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Ghosting (television)
In television, a ghost is a replica of the transmitted image, offset in position, that is superimposed on top of the main image. It is often caused when a TV signal travels by two different paths to a receiving antenna, with a slight difference ...
, a double image when receiving a distorted or multipath input signal in analog television broadcasting
* Ghosting, an
offset printing
Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on t ...
defect produced in one of two ways, in which faint replicas of printed images appear in undesirable places
* Comment ghosting, a form of
stealth banning
Shadow banning, also called stealth banning, hellbanning, ghost banning and comment ghosting, is the practice of blocking or partially blocking a user or the user's content from some areas of an online community in such a way that the ban is not ...
on internet forums
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Key ghosting, a phenomenon where multiple simultaneous key presses on a computer keyboard can result in incorrectly registered keystrokes
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Lens flare
A lens flare happens when light is scattered or flared in a lens system, often in response to a bright light, producing a sometimes undesirable artifact in the image. This happens through light scattered by the imaging mechanism itself, for e ...
, an optical effect caused by internal reflections
* Multiple appearances of the same object in
High dynamic range imaging
In photography and videography, multi-exposure HDR capture is a technique that creates extended or high dynamic range (HDR) images by taking and combining multiple exposures of the same subject matter at different exposure levels. Combining mu ...
, where multiple images are merged into one.
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Ghosting (strategy), a way of playing a video game that emphasizes stealthiness
* Ghosting, a form of
cheating in online games
Cheating in online games is the subversion of the rules or mechanics of online video games to gain an unfair advantage over other players, generally with the use of third-party software. What constitutes cheating is dependent on the game in ...
* "Ghosting", a song by Mother Mother from the 2008 album ''
O My Heart''
See also
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Ghost (disambiguation)
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Ghost image (disambiguation)
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Ghostin (disambiguation)
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Ghostwriting
A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author. Celebrities, executives, participants in timely news stories, and political leaders often h ...
, the practice of producing written material that is credited to another person
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