http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Polyglot 2026-05-01T18:18:57Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Polyglot&diff=51016&oldid=prev 2025-09-06T22:46:45Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 22:46, 6 September 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A '''polyglot''' is a [[source code]] or [[file]] which constitutes valid data in two or more distinct formats simultaneously.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A '''polyglot''' is a [[source code]] or [[file]] which constitutes valid data in two or more distinct formats simultaneously.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>An example of a '''polyglot file''' would be an image file which contains embedded [[ZIP]] data, which can be read by changing the file extension to .zip and opening it in a decompression program.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>An example of a '''polyglot file''' would be an image file which <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">can be viewed normally, but also </ins>contains embedded [[ZIP]] data, which can be read by changing the file extension to .zip and opening it in a decompression program.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A '''polyglot program''' is source code which can be interpreted in two or more different programming languages.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A '''polyglot program''' is source code which can be interpreted in two or more different programming languages.</div></td></tr> </table>

Havoc Crow http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Polyglot&diff=51015&oldid=prev 2025-09-06T22:46:22Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Elements of File Formats }} A &#039;&#039;&#039;polyglot&#039;&#039;&#039; is a <a href="/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> or <a href="/wiki/File" title="File">file</a> which constitutes valid data in two or more distinct ...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Elements of File Formats<br /> }}<br /> A '''polyglot''' is a [[source code]] or [[file]] which constitutes valid data in two or more distinct formats simultaneously.<br /> <br /> An example of a '''polyglot file''' would be an image file which contains embedded [[ZIP]] data, which can be read by changing the file extension to .zip and opening it in a decompression program.<br /> <br /> A '''polyglot program''' is source code which can be interpreted in two or more different programming languages.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Steganography]]<br /> * [[Data Hiding/Embedding]]<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> <br /> * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyglot_(computing) Wikipedia: Polyglot (computing)]<br /> * [https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Polyglot Rosetta Code wiki: Polyglot]</div>

Havoc Crow