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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Alias \A"li*as\, adverb [L., fr. alius. See {Else}.] (Law) (a) Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson. (b) At another time.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Alias \A"li*as\, noun; pl. {Aliases}. [L., otherwise, at another time.] (Law) (a) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. (b) Another name; an assumed name.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
alias
noun: a name that has been assumed temporarily [syn: {assumed name}, {false name}]
adverb: as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette" [syn: {a.k.a.}, {also known as}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "alias": Jane Doe, John Doe, Richard Roe, anonym, assumed name, contrarily, else, elsewise, false name, fictitious name, in other respects, in other ways, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nom de theatre, or else, other than, otherwise, pen name, professional name, pseudonym, stage name, than
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ALIAS {ALgorIthmic ASsembly language}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
alias
1. 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 interpreter starts and are expanded without needing to refer to any file. 2. One of several alternative {hostnames} with the same {Internet address}. E.g. in the {Unix} {hosts} database (/etc/hosts or {NIS} map) the first field on a line is the {Internet address}, the next is the official hostname (the "{canonical} name" or "{CNAME}"), and any others are aliases. Hostname aliases often indicate that the host with that alias provides a particular network service such as {archie}, {finger}, {FTP}, or {World-Wide Web}. The assignment of services to computers can then be changed simply by moving an alias (e.g. www.doc.ic.ac.uk) from one {Internet address} to another, without the clients needing to be aware of the change. 3. The name used by {Apple computer, Inc.} for {symbolic links} when they added them to the {System 7} {operating system} in 1991. (1997-10-22)
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