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Steganography General

The art and science of concealing secret messages in such a way that no one apart from the intended recipient knows about the existence of the message. In digital information, Steganography is the practice of concealing a file, message, image, or video within another file, message, image, or video.

Static method Java

A method called on the Class, rather than on a specific object of the Class.

Bit General

Bit means "binary digit". A bit is a single digit in a binary number. A bit can either be 0 or 1.

RGB Color Encoding General

The RGB encoding scheme allows us to encode colors as numeric data. It defines the amount of Red, Green, and Blue light in a pixel. Each color channel can have a value between 0 and 255.

Method Java

Procedures that allow us to control and define the behavior of an object.

ArrayLists Java

A mutable list of object references. We can create ArrayLists by using the constructor new ArrayList<E>().

Pixel General

Images are made up of pixels, which are essentially a grid of values. Each value, or pixel, encodes the color at that position in the image.

Encode General

The process of converting information or data into a specific format that can be understood or processed by a computer.

Class Java

A class is a template, or a blueprint, from which Java objects are created. All Java programs start with a class.

Parameter Java

A variable that receives a value passed into a method from outside the method.

Data Structure Java

A particular way of organizing data in our programs.

2D Array Java

A 2D Array is an array of arrays, used to represent tables, grids, and matrices.