watermark

English

Etymology

water +‎ mark

Noun

watermark (plural watermarks)

  1. A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.
  2. (by extension) A logo superimposed on a digital image, a television broadcast, etc.
  3. (computing) A value stored in a datafile to ensure its integrity, i.e. if the file's contents are changed then the watermark will no longer match the contents.

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Verb

watermark (third-person singular simple present watermarks, present participle watermarking, simple past and past participle watermarked)

  1. (transitive) To mark paper with a watermark.
  2. (transitive) To mark a datafile with a digital watermark.

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