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English Dictionary: Alias	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Alias
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alias adv as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette" Synonym(s): alias, a.k.a., also known as n a name that has been assumed temporarily [syn: alias, assumed name, false name]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alias \A"lias\, adv. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alias \A"li*as\, n.; 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ALIAS {ALgorIthmic ASsembly language}