alias

Meanings

1. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
2. 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

1. Another name; especially, an assumed name.
2. A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
3. An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
4. An alternate name assigned to something, e.g. a database column to avoid ambiguity in a query.
5. A spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.

1. To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
2. To make or become indistinguishable.

Etymology

From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien.

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