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Noun

ghosting ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ghostings)

1. The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.
2. The effect that interference caused by a multipath reception problem has on a television screen.
3. Ghost imaging.
4. 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.
5. (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.

6. (slang) A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.

   Stories of ghosting often deal with broken-off romances, but it's worth mentioning that friend ghosting is real, and sometimes necessary.

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