stenography
noun /stəˈnɒɡrəfi/
  /stəˈnɑːɡrəfi/
(also informal steno)
 (both North American English) (also shorthand British and North American English)
 [uncountable]- a quick way of writing using special signs or abbreviations, used especially to record what somebody is sayingWord Originearly 17th cent.: from Greek stenos ‘narrow’ + -graphy.