a flock of coots
Used in a Sentence
covert
How to use covert in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for covert.
Editorial note
So instead you stick your data in a covert channel.
Examples12
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a flock of coots
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of covert gathered in one view.
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for covert.
noun
a flock of coots
noun
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
See also: screen, cover, concealment
adjective
secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
adjective
(of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert"
Example sentences
So instead you stick your data in a covert channel.
Might be the best thing to happen to expose Googles covert role in foaming up-risings, to be blunt.
It's not that I think it's impossible to create a covert channel over audio; it obviously isn't.
How much brain power in SV is devoted to tricking people to click on ads, "covert users" or become addicted to Zynga-style games?
Of course, the common man knows it's common sense that there's an inherent need for secrecy in conducting small scale covert operations.
So a possible use case for this covert channel:You are trying to infiltrate a specific computer inside a large corporation.
It's that for the malware story to play out, the covert receiver needs to already exist; if it does, you're already infected, so what does "air gapping" matter?
Nothing funnier than having the a covert ops ship accidentally bump into few retreivers, decloak, and watching them scramble in panic before we can drop on them.
If someone had 'busted' the NSA trying to do something sneaky and/or covert and/or illegal, then you could argue that it's the tip of some iceberg of nefarious activity.
But that's not going to happen!I don't care if the NSA is completely independent and covert, if they don't have any data to analyze!And from what I know of human nature, I know where I want to plant my defenses.
When a game goes to great lengths to simulate a world, the possibilities for covert communication are nearly limitless!I find the task of finding terrorist communications in MMO's so daunting that I'd never even consider making an attempt at it. However, the NSA is one organization that seems to have nearly infinite resources to throw at impossible problems.
Within Goatse, the dialogic image is covert; unable to exercise any significant level of authorial control within the design process, the designer forces the critical dissonance by tapping into the in-joke.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use covert in a sentence?
So instead you stick your data in a covert channel.
What does covert mean?
a flock of coots
What part of speech is covert?
covert is commonly used as noun, adjective.