alias meaning

Noun: alias  eyleeus

1. A name that has been assumed temporarily
   - assumed name, false name

Adverb: alias  eyleeus

1. As known or named at another time or place
   "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette"
   - a.k.a., also known as

Derived forms: aliases

Type of: name

Encyclopedia: Alias

[Electronics]
A label that is an alternate term for items of the same type; a label and several aliases can identify the same data element in a computer program.

[Law]
A description of a person, especially a criminal defendant, that results from adding to his real name other names by which he is known.

[Computer]
<language> (ALIAS) A machine oriented variant of BLISS. ALIAS was implemented in BCPL for the PDP-9.

Examples

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1. the criminal has several aliases.
2. gets or sets the associated alias for a certificate
3. object with the specified alias from the collection
4. the name is not an official host name or alias
5. his alias, connections, apartments in europe,