Concealment or hiding is obscuring something from view or rendering it inconspicuous, the opposite of exposure. A military term is CCD: camouflage, concealment and deception (looks the same as the surroundings, cannot be seen, looks like something else, respectively); in a wider sense the other two are also forms of hiding. Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible Organism Deception (also called beguilement or subterfuge) is the act of convincing another to believe Information that is not true or not the whole truth as in

The objective of hiding is often to keep the presence of an object or person secret, but in other cases not the presence is a secret, but only the location.

More generally an object may be hidden from view, either purposely, or as a side effect; in this case the presence of the object is not necessarily a secret. Examples:

• Clothing hiding the skin or body shape from view; see also modesty
• Wall
• Door of a cupboard
• Window covering

In nature

Many organisms have evolved various forms of concealment. Clothing (also called clothes, accoutrements, accouterments, or habiliments) protects the Human body from extreme Weather Standards of modesty (also called demureness or reticence) are aspects of the Culture of a Country or people at a given point in time A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area A door is a panel or barrier usually hinged or sliding that is used to cover an opening in a Wall or partition going into a building or space Window coverings are material used to cover a Window to manage Sunlight, to provide additional weatherproofing to ensure privacy or for purely decorative purposes See the articles crypsis, camouflage and mimicry. In Ecology, crypsis is the ability of an organism to avoid observation Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible Organism Biological mimicry occurs when a group of organisms the mimics, have

Military tactics

• In the genre of military tactics, the term refers to any object, vegetation, terrain feature, or phenomenon (i. Military tactics ( Greek: Taktikē, the art of organizing an army are the techniques for using weapons or military units in combination for engaging and defeating e. , night, smoke, fog) that prevents a combatant (or unit of combatants) from being seen by the enemy. A privileged combatant is a person who takes a direct part in the hostilities of an armed conflict within the Law of war and is someone who upon capture qualifies as a Prisoner In differentiation from the similar concept of cover, concealment cannot protect against actual projectiles. In Military Combat, the concept of cover refers to anything which is capable of physically protecting an individual from enemy fire

Computer science and programming

• Information hiding is the hiding of design decisions in a computer program that are most likely to change. In Computer science, the principle of information hiding is the hiding of design decisions in a computer program that are most likely to change thus protecting

• Hidden surface determination is the process used to determine which surfaces and parts of surfaces are not visible from a certain viewpoint. In 3D computer graphics, hidden surface determination (also known as Hidden Surface Removal (HSR or Visible Surface Determination (VSD) is the

Information and data

• Cryptography is the study of message secrecy. Cryptography (or cryptology; from Greek grc κρυπτός kryptos, "hidden secret" and grc γράφω gráphō, "I write"
• Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the intended recipient knows of the existence of the message; this is in contrast to cryptography, where the existence of the message itself is not disguised, but the content is obscured. Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the sender and intended recipient even realizes there is a hidden message

Fiction

• Hiding Out, a 1987 movie starring Jon Cryer. Hiding Out is a 1987 movie starring Jon Cryer as a Wall Street broker "hiding out" as a high-school student as the mob tries to kill
• A Figure in Hiding, Volume 16 in the original Hardy Boys book series. A Figure In Hiding is Volume 16 in the original The Hardy Boys book series published by Grosset & Dunlap. The Hardy Boys is a Juvenile detective/adventure series chronicling the Fictional adventures of Teenage brothers Frank and

See also

• Concealment device
• Concealing birth
• Cover-up (concealing evidence)
• Hide and seek
• Hiding (disambiguation)
• Invisibility
• Landmine
• Smuggling
• Stowaway

Concealment devices or diversion safes are used to hide things for the purpose of Secrecy or Security. Concealing a birth is the act of a parent (or other responsible person failing to report the birth of a Child. A cover-up is an attempt whether successful or not to conceal evidence of wrong-doing error Incompetence, or other embarrassing information Hide and seek (abbreviated HandS, sometimes also called hide and go seek) is a variant of the game tag, in which one or more players search for the other A land mine is an Explosive device designed to be placed on or in the ground to explode when triggered by an operator or the Proximity of a vehicle person Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited such as out of a building into a Prison A stowaway is a person who travels illegally by aircraft, Bus, Ship or Train.

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