[W/K] :: alias

  Alias \A"li*as\, 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.
         [1913 Webster]

  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.
         [1913 Webster]

  alias
       n : a name that has been assumed temporarily [syn: assumed name,
            false name]
       adv : as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith,
             alias Mr. Lafayette" [syn: a.k.a., also known as]

  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
  
  

  ALIAS
       
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  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)
       
       

  ALIAS, practice. This word is prefixed to the name of a second writ of the
  same kind issued in the same cause; as, when a summons has been issued and
  it is returned by the sheriff, nil, and another is issued, this is called an
  alias summons. The term is used to all kinds of writs, as alias fi. fa.,
  alias vend. exp. and the like. Alias dictus, otherwise called; a description
  of the defendant by an addition to his real name of that by which he is
  bound in the writing; or when a man is indicted and his name is uncertain,
  he may be indicted as A B, alias dictus C D. See 4 John. 1118; 1 John. Cas.
  243; 2 Caines, R. 362; 3 Caines, R. 219.