alias

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.əs/

Adverb

alias (not comparable)

1. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.

2. (legal) Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful

   Smith, alias Simpson.

Synonyms

• AKA

Noun

alias (plural aliases)

1. Another name; an assumed name.
2. (legal) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
3. (computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
4. (signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.

Synonyms

• (another name) pseudonym

Translations

• French: pseudonyme
• German: Pseudonym, Deckname
• Portuguese: pseudónimo (Portugal), pseudônimo (Brazil), cognome
• Russian: псевдони́м
• Spanish: alias, seudónimo, sobrenombre, apodo

Verb

alias (aliases, present participle aliasing; past and past participle aliased)

1. (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
2. (signal processing, of two signals) to become indistinguishable

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