Base File
The original visible file used as the carrier input before Datamorpho embedding.
Glossary
Core Datamorpho terms and definitions
This glossary collects the main terms used across the specification, whitepaper, and website so the protocol can be read with a consistent vocabulary.
Carrier File
The final Datamorphed file.
Carrier Profile
The file-family-specific embedding rules, such as jpeg-trailer, txt-envelope, or pdf-incremental.
Chaff
Bytes intentionally present in a payload region but not used by the target hidden state, added to increase ambiguity and attack cost.
Concealed Payload
The payload bytes from which one or more hidden states can be reconstructed.
Datamorphed File
A file that conforms to a Datamorpho carrier profile and contains a public manifest plus concealed payload data.
Datamorphosis
The capability of a file to contain one or more hidden states beyond its visible representation.
Fragment
A span of bytes referenced by a reconstruction object as part of one hidden state.
Layout Strategy
The arrangement model for meaningful bytes in a payload region. In v0.001: sparse or sparse-with-chaff.
MorphoStorage
A locator or direction layer describing where to look for the reconstruction object of a state.
Public Manifest
The intentionally visible metadata declaring Datamorphosis, states, triggers, MorphoStorage, and reconstruction-object digests.
Reconstruction Object
A state-specific secret-bearing artifact containing the instructions and secret material needed to reconstruct one hidden state.
Sparse
A layout strategy in which meaningful bytes are non-contiguous and only referenced spans matter.
Sparse-with-Chaff
A layout strategy in which meaningful bytes are non-contiguous and unreferenced bytes are intentionally present to increase ambiguity.
Trigger
A declared condition associated with a hidden state, such as time, event, action, ownership, or custom logic.
Digest Cross-Binding
The linking model in which public state descriptors reference reconstruction-object digests and reconstruction objects reference the carrier file digest.
Key Material
Secret material included in a reconstruction object and required to recover one or more fragments or a whole hidden state.
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The glossary is intentionally concise. For formal structure, read the specification. For rationale and conceptual framing, read the whitepaper. For common questions, use the FAQ or open a public discussion.