alias

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   another name used by a person, file, command, or concept

   The suspect traveled under an alias for several months.

2. 2
   noun

   a short command or label that stands for a longer computer command or path

   I added an alias so gs runs git status.

3. 3
   adv

   also known as; otherwise called

   Samuel Clemens, alias Mark Twain, became one of America's best-known writers.

Simplified etymology

Alias entered English in the late Middle English period from Latin alias, meaning literally “at another time” or “otherwise.”

From Latin alias (otherwise, at another time or place), related to else and alien. Computing kept the older idea of one name standing in for another.

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