stenography

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

stenography
    n 1: a method of writing rapidly [syn: {shorthand},
         {stenography}, {tachygraphy}]
    2: the act or art of writing in shorthand; "stenography is no
       longer a marketable skill"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Stenography \Ste*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. steno`s narrow, close +
   graphy: cf. F. st['e]nographie, G. stenographie.]
   The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or
   characters for whole words; shorthand.
   [1913 Webster]