Pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ...
, a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose
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Pen name
A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...
, a pseudonym adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name
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Stage name
A stage name or professional name is a pseudonym used by performers, authors, and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. The equivalent concept among writers is called a ''nom de plume'' (pen name). Some performers ...
, a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers
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Nickname
A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, used to express affection, playfulness, contempt, or a particular character trait ...
, a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing
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Code name
A code name, codename, call sign, or cryptonym is a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person. Code names are often used for military purposes, or in espionage. They may also be used in ...
, a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person
Alias the Jester
''Alias the Jester'' is a British animated series created by Cosgrove Hall Productions, airing in 13 episodes on ITV starting on 13 November 1985. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired the show in 1987 during their after school timeslo ...
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* '' Alias – the Bad Man'', a 1931 American Western film
Alias Enterprises
Alias Enterprises is an American publishing company. Their main divisions are Alias Comics (all-ages comic books) and Cross Culture (Christian comic books). Based in San Diego, California, it was founded in January 2005 by Brett Burner and Mike ...
, an American publishing company
* Alias, a character in the British comic book series '' Kingsman: The Red Diamond''
Alias (musician)
Brendon Patrick Whitney (April 5, 1976 – March 30, 2018), better known by his stage name Alias, was an American hip hop producer, producer and rapping, rapper from Hollis, Maine. He was a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon.
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(Brendon Whitney, 1976–2018), an American rapper
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Ryan Tedder
Ryan Benjamin Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, frontman, and lead vocalist for the pop rock band OneRepublic, while also serving as a prolific cont ...
, born 1979), American singer, songwriter and record producer
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Alias Records
Alias Records is a small American indie-rock record label based in Lexington, Kentucky.
Alias has released albums by American Music Club, Archers of Loaf, Yo La Tengo, The Magnolias, The Loud Family, Too Much Joy and Knapsack, among othe ...
, a record label
* "Alias", a song by In Flames from the 2008 album ''
A Sense of Purpose
''A Sense of Purpose'' is the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, first released in Japan on 26 March 2008. It was released on 1 AprilForm/Alkaline''
Computing
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alias (command)
alias is shell command that defines a word that the shell replaces with associated text before interpreting a command line. It is often used to enhance productivity by abbreviating a command or for including commonly-used arguments with a comm ...
, a shell command
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Alias (Mac OS)
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 object may be moved or renamed, and the ali ...
, a small file representing another object
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Alias (SQL)
An alias is a feature of SQL that is supported by most, if not all, relational database management systems (RDBMSs). Aliases provide users with the ability to reduce the amount of code required for a query, and to make queries simpler to understa ...
, a feature of SQL
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Aliasing (computing)
In computing, aliasing describes a situation in which a data location in memory can be accessed through different symbolic names in the program. Thus, modifying the data through one name implicitly modifies the values associated with all aliased n ...
, where a data location can be accessed through different symbolic names
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Alias Systems Corporation
Alias Systems Corporation (formerly Alias Research, Alias, Wavefront), headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was a software company that produced high-end 3D computer graphics, 3D graphics software. Alias was eventually bought by Autodesk.
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, a former software company
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PowerAnimator
PowerAnimator and Animator, also referred to simply as "Alias", the precursor to what is now Maya and StudioTools, is a highly integrated industrial 3D modeling, animation, and visual effects suite. It had a relatively long track record, starting ...
, also known as Alias
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Autodesk Alias
Autodesk Alias (formerly known as Alias StudioTools) is a family of computer-aided industrial design (CAID) software predominantly used in automotive design and industrial design for generating class A surfaces using Bézier surface and non-u ...
, a family of computer-aided industrial design software
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Email alias
An email alias is a email address used for forwarding.
Term
The term ''alias expansion'' is sometimes used to indicate a specific mode of email forwarding, thereby implying a more generic meaning of the term ''email alias'' as an address that ...
, a forwarding email address
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URL shortening
URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web in which a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) may be made substantially shorter and still direct to the required page. This is achieved by using a redirect which links to the web page that has a ...
Aliasing
In signal processing and related disciplines, aliasing is a phenomenon that a reconstructed signal from samples of the original signal contains low frequency components that are not present in the original one. This is caused when, in the ori ...
, an effect in signal processing
* Alias method, a family of algorithms for sampling from a discrete probability distribution
* Alias transformation, in analytic geometry
* Allias, a neighbourhood of Tirana, Albania
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