digital watermark

[dij-i-tl waw-ter-mahrk, wot-er-]

noun

1. watermark.

2. a hidden code embedded in or printed on packaging that facilitates automated sorting of material in a waste disposal facility.

Word History and Origins

Origin of digital watermark¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Another idea is requiring recordings and images to carry a digital watermark.

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Microsoft unveiled its own election year initiatives on Tuesday, including a tool that will allow campaigns to insert a digital watermark into their ads.

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Adding a digital watermark to an AI-produced item isn’t as simple as, say, overlaying visible copyright information on a photograph.

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You can imagine a day when we can verify the authenticity and provenance of a video by way of a digital watermark.

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An "inaudible digital watermark" will play behind the credits, which will unlock "a whole new area of the game to explore" as well as play a new clip that'll serves as a "different ending" to the film, reportedly.

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