Ghosting
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Ghosting can have different meanings:
- A form of identity theft (see Ghosting (identity theft)) whereby a person takes on the role of a deceased person.
- The act of creating a completely identical copy, or a Ghost Image, of a hard disk using backup software such as Ghost, on to removable media or a network drive to be used as a backup copy of a PC in case a restore of that PC is required.
- A problem in LCD screens when tiny pixels creating the image take time to switch on and off and can't do it fast enough. The problem, widely recognized as the main drawback of LCD screens, is apparent in fast moving objects such as tennis balls, but even slower moving images get fuzzy.
- A double image when receiving a distorted input signal in analog television broadcastings.
- A printing problem where the effect of lack of ink replenishment on a printing press caused by the printing of an ink-intensive design on a page OR by chemical solvent contamination.
- A technique used in online games, usually team-based 'last man standing' first-person shooters, where dead players inform their team mates who are still alive of the whereabouts of the enemy: this is frowned upon in many communities.
- A technique used in preparing proposals for government contracts in which the weaknesses of a competitor are indirectly referenced to improve the proposer's position.
Ghosting- noise band from Portland, OR.