Alias may refer to: *

Pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...

, a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose **

Pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, 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 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 **

Stage name A stage name is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. Such professional aliases are adopted for a wide variety of reasons and they may be similar, or nearly identical, to an individu ...

, a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers *

Nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

, a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing *

Code name A code name, 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 industrial c ...

, a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Alias'' (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film * ''Alias'' (TV series), an American action thriller series 2001–2006 * ''

Alias the Jester ''Alias the Jester'' is a British animated series created by Cosgrove Hall Films, airing in 13 episodes on ITV starting on 13 November 1985. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired the show in 1987 during their after school timeslot and i ...

'', a 1995 British animated series * ''

Alias – the Bad Man ''Alias – the Bad Man'', also known as ''Alias Bad Man'', is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film, directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Virginia Brown Faire, and Frank Mayo. It was released on July 15, 1931. Plot Clem Neville ...

'', a 1931 American Western film

Gaming

* ''Alias'' (board game) * Alias (''Forgotten Realms''), a fictional character in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * ''Alias'' (video game), 2004, based on the TV series

Literature

* ''Alias'' (comics), an American comic book series *

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 S ...

, an American publishing company

Music

Alias (band) Alias was a Canadian rock supergroup, formed in 1988 in Toronto by songwriter/lead vocalist Freddy Curci and songwriter/lead guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff, along with Heart founding members Roger Fisher, Stev ...

, a Canadian rock supergroup ** ''Alias'' (album), 1990 * ''Alias'' (The Magic Numbers album), 2014 * ''Alias'' (EP), by Shygirl, 2020 *

Alias (musician) Brendon Whitney (April 5, 1976 – March 30, 2018), better known by his stage name Alias, was a producer and rapper from Hollis, Maine. He was a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon. History Alias originally performed as a rap ...

(Brendon Whitney, 1976–2018), an American rapper * Alias (

Ryan Tedder Ryan Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic, he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists since th ...

, born 1979), American singer, songwriter and record producer *

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 others. ...

, 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

alias (command) In computing, alias is a command in various command-line interpreters ( shells), which enables a replacement of a word by another string. It is mainly used for abbreviating a system command, or for adding default arguments to a regularly used ...

, a shell command *

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 alias ...

, a small file representing another object *

Alias (SQL) An alias is a feature of SQL that is supported by most, if not all, relational database management systems (RDBMSs). Aliases provide database administrators, as well as other database users, with the ability to reduce the amount of code required ...

, a feature of SQL *

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 *

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 graphics software. Alias was eventually bought by Autodesk. History Alias Systems ...

, a former software company **

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 w ...

, also known as Alias *

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-uni ...

, a family of computer-aided industrial design software *

Email alias An email alias is simply a forwarding email address. 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 is forwarded ...

, a forwarding email address *

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 ...

, where a (short) URL redirects to a longer URL

People

Alias Ali Haji Alias Md Ali (c. 1939 – 10 March 2014) was a Malaysian politician and former news editor of ''Bernama''. He served as an MP for Hulu Terengganu from 1978 to 1995. He was also the former chairman of Agro Bank Malaysia. Personal life Al ...

(1939–2014), Malaysian politician * Florina Alías (1921-1999), Spanish writer * Alias Avidzba (fl. from 2015), Abkhazian politician

Other uses

* Alias, Iran, or Qahremanabad, a village *

Aliasing In signal processing and related disciplines, aliasing is an effect that causes different signals to become indistinguishable (or ''aliases'' of one another) when sampled. It also often refers to the distortion or artifact that results when a ...

, an effect in signal processing