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   alias

   /ˈeɪlɪəs/

   adverb

   • 1. used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name: "Eric Blair, alias George Orwell"

   noun

   • 1. a false or assumed identity: "a spy operating under the alias Barsad"
   • ▪ an alternative name or label that refers to a file, command, address, or other item, and can be used to locate or access it.
   • 2. each of a set of signal frequencies which, when sampled at a given uniform rate, would give the same set of sampled values, and thus might be incorrectly substituted for one another when reconstructing the original signal.

   verb

   • 1. misidentify (a signal frequency), introducing distortion or error: "fringes at higher spatial frequency are aliased by the sensor"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin, ‘at another time, otherwise’.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   a false name that someone is known by: He admitted that the name Rupert Sharp was an alias. Paul Sopworth, alias (= also known as) Rupert Sharp, went to prison today. (Definition of alias from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word alias, which can be a noun or an adverb. An alias is an assumed or additional name that a person sometimes uses, or a pseudonym associated with a person's professional identity.

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   alias. (eɪliəs ) Word forms: aliases. 1. countable noun. An alias is a false name, especially one used by a criminal. Using an alias, he had rented a house in Fleet, Hampshire. Synonyms: pseudonym, pen name, assumed name, stage name More Synonyms of alias. 2. preposition.

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   What if a person has many aliases?

   • In the ordinary way any person with many aliases is treated with some suspicion. Let them then re-establish themselves, not under aliases or whatever it is they are doing. He referred to the use of the words and description of people "known as" as used to apply to aliases and so on.

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   What does alias mean?

   • alias, seudonimización, alias [masculine]… também conhecido por, nome de guerra, nome de vulgo… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! ALIAS definition: 1. used when giving the name that a person is generally known by, after giving their real name: 2….

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   What is a false alias?

   • Suspects often give officers false names, which remain on their records as an alias. And you fill out little forms that say here's what your alias is going to be. Throughout the novel, she attempts to rebuild herself under a new alias. An alias, by definition, is a false or assumed identity.

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   How does alias work?

   • The alias keyword replaces the command with the string which might be sets of commands or functions. The alias is defined in the ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile. These files are loaded in the shell environment and thus the commands listed in the alias are also been loaded and ready to be executed. Thus, the alias work with the BASH configuration.

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   Contents. ALIAS meaning: 1. used when giving the name that a person is generally known by, after giving their real name: 2…. Learn more.

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   Other forms: aliases. Your alias could be as important as the name you use when you’re on the run or as simple as your screen name on a social networking site. Either way, an alias is a temporary name, one you don’t use all the time or for every occasion.

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   noun. , plural a·li·as·es. a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name: The police files indicate that “Smith” is an alias for Simpson. Synonyms: pseudonym, nom de plume, nom de guerre.

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   Learn the meaning and origin of the word alias, which can be a noun or an adverb, and has different uses in law, statistics, electronics, and computing. See examples, pronunciation, and related words in the Oxford English Dictionary.