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n. 1) a name used other than the given name of a person or refere...
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mid-15c., "otherwise called," from Latin alias "at another time, in another way," from alius "(an)other," from PIE *al- (1) "beyond" (source also of Sanskrit an [..]
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"assumed name," c. 1600, from alias (adv.).
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A short, easy to remember name created for use in place of a longer, more complicated name; commonly used in e-mail applications. Also referred to as a "nickname". 
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'Alias' refers to a non-standard name for a locus. When multiple names are published for a locus, one name is designated the standard name (following the Gene naming guidelines) and the other published names are retained under 'Alias'. If a name has been reserved for a gene for a significant period of time, it will also be retai [..]
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A file whose sole purpose is to represent another file.
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A name used that is not the given name of a person (such as Harry for Harold, initials, or a maiden name, or a criminal's false name).
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a name that has been assumed temporarily as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette" PowerAnimator and Animator, also referred to simply as & [..]
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See nickname.
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Definition A short, easy to remember name created for use in place of a longer, more complicated name; commonly used in e-mail applications. Also referred to as a "nickname".
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n. An assumed name.
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1. See aliasing. 2. In networking, one of a set of domain names of an Internet resource. [2382-pt.35] 3. Synonyms personal number, UPT number.
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Internet Glossary An alternative name for an object, such as a variable, file, or device. On Macintoshes, you can assign aliases for files, which allows you to have icons for the same file in different folders. Windows provides the same functionality but does not use the term alias. UNIX also supports aliases, but calls them links or symbolic links [..]
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(n.) An alternative name for an object, such as a variable, file, or device. On Macintoshes, you can assign aliases for files, which allows you to have icons for the same file in different folders. Wi [..]
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noun. in statistics, a circumstance where an impact is entirely lost in conjunction with yet another impact in a means which the two are not able to be separated from each other.
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Afrikaans word for "alias, known as, otherwise."
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Italian word for "alias, also known as."
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Latin word for "also, otherwise, or, at, another, called."
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A shortened form of an e-mail address that allows a computer user to type a brief identifier (example: susan) to send a message to a person whose full e-mail address is much longer (susanmiller@librar [..]
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[Latin, otherwise, from alius other] : otherwise called : also known as [John Thomas Nolan, Legs Diamond]
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A unique and usually shorter URL (link) that can be distinguished from other links even if they ultimately go to the same Web page. This makes it possible to track which message led viewers to click o [..]
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An alternate name, usually a file directed to another file. Also called a shortcut. CERF uses the term LINKS to refer to icons that allow users to access the same file from different locations.
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simple name for a user or group of users, interpreted by e-mail software. Using an alias means you don't have to remember com-plicated mail addresses.
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An alias is a name used other than the given name of a person, which may be an attempt to hide his/her identity. In criminal law, court and police records may list aliases of a person, along with thei [..]
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A name, usually short and easy to remember, that is translated into another name, usually long and difficult to remember.
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Although each
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An alternate name used for identification, such as for naming a field, file, or domain.
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See CNAME.
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A shortcut that enables a user to identify a group of hosts, networks, or users under one name. Aliases are used to speed user authentication and service configuration. For example, in configuring a F [..]
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Macintosh: An alias is an icon that represents the real file. You can double-click on the alias, and it opens the real file (document or application). You can make aliases for any file, and you can ma [..]
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(n) a name that has been assumed temporarily(adv) as known or named at another time or place
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“You have as many aliases as Robin of Bagshot,” one of Macheath’s gang: he was Robin of Bagshot, alias Gordon, alias Bluff Bob, alias Carbuncle, alias Bob Booty.—Ga [..]
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"Otherwise called," indicating one was called by one or the other of two names.
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indicating one was called by one or the other of two names.
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(1) An alternative name for an object, such as a file, variable, or device. On Macintosh computers, an alias can be assigned for files, which allows the use of an icon for the same file in different f [..]
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adj. (urban slang) dangerous, violent (7)
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A nickname for something, which behaves in all ways as though you'd used the original name instead of the nickname. Temporary aliases are implicitly created in the loop variable for foreach loops, in the $_ variable for map or grep operators, in $a and $b during sort's comparison function, and in each element of @_ for the actual argument [..]
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Create a shell alias for a command.
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  False name used in substitution of a legal name on official documents and for official purposes. Nicknames are not considered aliases. May be noted as AKA (Also Known As) on criminal records.
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a name used other than the given name of a person or reference to that other name, which may not be an attempt to hide his/her identity (such as Harry for Harold, initials or a maiden name).
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A false name.
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indicating one was called by one or the other of two names.
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When used in connection with a description of a person, it indicates that he/she has used or been known by another name.
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False name used in substitution of a legal name on official documents and for official purposes. Nicknames are not considered aliases. May be noted as AKA (Also Known As) on criminal records.
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n. 1) a name used other than the given name of a person or reference to that other name, which may not be an attempt to hide his/her identity (such as initials or a maiden name).
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A name that points to a resource with a different name. In the context of email, an alias is an email address which, when it receives email, directs that mail to an email account on the same domain with a different address. In the context of domain names, a domain alias is a domain name that points to a website at a different address, such as mydom [..]
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A false or assumed identity other than a person's legal name. 
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A nickname for something, which behaves in all ways as though you’d used the original name instead of the nickname. Temporary aliases are implicitly created in the loop variable for foreach
Source: perldoc.perl.org

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n. A reference (usually in the form of a pointer) to an object which is also known via other references (i.e. its own name, or other pointers). vt. To create such a reference.
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A name that an Artist goes under, used when an Artist has two or more names, including 'stage names'. An artist's real name(s) is sometimes listed as an 'Alias' of a more comm [..]
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A second (or subsequent) reference to a single piece of data. Aliasing can make programs more difficult to understand, since changes made through one reference “magically” affect the other.
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<acronym> Preferred term: ALgorIthmic ASsembly language
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1. <operating system> A name, usually short and easy to remember and type, that is translated into another name or string, usually long and difficult to remember or type. Most command interpreters (e.g. Unix's csh) allow the user to define aliases for commands, e.g. "alias l ls -al". These are loaded into memory when the interp [..]
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An alternative symbol or name for part of the sequence of a known gene that resembles names for other anonymous DNA segments. For example, D6Mit236 is an alias for Cftr.
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False name used in substitution of a legal name on official documents and for official purposes. Nicknames are not considered aliases. May be noted as AKA (Also Known As) on criminal records.
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Another name; an assumed name. (legal) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. (computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and [..]
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Latin Expression: At another time, otherwise. An assumed name or pseudonym. Similar to alter ego, but more specifically referring to a name, not to a "second self".
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An alias is an alternative name, such as a pseudonym. Alias or aliasing may also refer to:
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Alias is an American action thriller and science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons from September 30, 2001, to May 22, 2006. It stars Jenni [..]
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An alias is an alternative name, such as a pseudonym. Alias or aliasing may also refer to:
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Alias is a comic book series created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos. It was published by Marvel Comics under Marvel's MAX imprint for a total of 28 issues from 2001 to 2004. [..]
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In classic Mac OS System 7 and later, and in macOS, an alias is a small file that represents another object in a local, remote, or removable file system and provides a dynamic link to it; the target o [..]
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The fourth season of the American drama/adventure television series Alias premiered January 5, 2005 on ABC and concluded May 25, 2005 and was released on DVD in region 1 on October 25, 2005. Guest sta [..]
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The first season of Alias premiered September 30, 2001 on ABC and concluded May 12, 2002 and was released on DVD in region 1 on September 2, 2003. Guest stars in season one include Sir Roger Moore, Te [..]
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The second season of Alias premiered September 29, 2002 on ABC and concluded May 4, 2003 and was released on DVD in region 1 on December 2, 2003. Guest stars in season two include David Carradine, Eth [..]
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The third season of the American drama/adventure television series Alias premiered September 28, 2003 on ABC and concluded May 23, 2004 and was released on DVD in region 1 on September 7, 2004. Guest [..]
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Alias is a Canadian rock supergroup, formed in 1988 in Toronto by songwriter/lead vocalist Freddy Curci and songwriter/lead guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff, along with [..]
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The fifth and final season of the American drama/adventure television series Alias premiered September 29, 2005, on ABC and concluded May 22, 2006, and was released on DVD in region 1 on November 21, [..]
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In computing, alias is a command in various command-line interpreters (shells), which enables a replacement of a word by another string. It is mainly used for abbreviating a system command, or for add [..]
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Alias is a 3D third-person stealth/action video game developed by Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (being the last game developed by them before their closure) and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the [..]
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Brendon Whitney (April 5, 1976 – March 30, 2018), better known by his stage name Alias, was a producer and rapper from Hollis, Maine. He was a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon.
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Alias is an American action thriller and science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons from September 30, 2001, to May 22, 2006. It stars Jenni [..]
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Alias is the debut album from the Canadian rock band Alias, released in 1990 by Capitol Records. The single "More Than Words Can Say" reached No. 1 in Canada and No. 2 in the United States. A third si [..]
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Alias is a board game, where the objective of the players is to explain words to each other. Hence, Alias is similar to Taboo, but the only forbidden word in the explanations is the word to be explain [..]
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An alias is a feature of SQL that is supported by most, if not all, relational database management systems (RDBMSs). Aliases provide database administrators, as well as other database users, with the [..]
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Alias is a Canadian rock supergroup, formed in 1988 in Toronto by songwriter/lead vocalist Freddy Curci and songwriter/lead guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff, along with [..]
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Brendon Whitney (April 5, 1976 – March 30, 2018), better known by his stage name Alias, was a producer and rapper from Hollis, Maine. He was a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon.
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Alias is a fictional character in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Alias is the main character of Azure Bonds. She also appeared in the [..]
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A Domain Alias or CNAME is an extension to a domain name which allows you to create derivatives of the domain name that can be pointed to the same or any other domain name on the Internet. An example of a Domain Alias is http://new.yourcompany.com, where "new" functions as the Domain Alias and accesses the same Website as http://www.yourc [..]
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A name, usually short and easy to remember, that is translated into another name, usually long and difficult to remember. commonly used in the Unix realm to &quot;abbreviate&quot; verbose commands. Common places for storing aliases are the shell configuration file (.cshrc or .profile) and a separate file sources from the configuration file [..]
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