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 individu ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

'', 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 Nevill ...

'', 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, an American publishing company

Music

* Alias (band), a Canadian rock supergroup ** ''Alias'' (album), 1990 * ''Alias'' (The Magic Numbers album), 2014 * ''Alias'' (EP), by Shygirl, 2020 * Alias (musician) (Brendon Whitney, 1976–2018), an American rapper * Alias ( Ryan Tedder, 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'' * "Alias", a song by Scar Tissue from the 2008 album '' Form/Alkaline''

Computing

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

, a shell command * Alias (Mac OS), a small file representing another object * Alias (SQL), a feature of SQL * Aliasing (computing), where a data location can be accessed through different symbolic names * Alias Systems Corporation, 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 ...

, also known as Alias * Autodesk Alias, 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, where a (short) URL redirects to a longer URL

People

* Alias Ali (1939–2014), Malaysian politician *

Florina Alías Florina Alías (Colloto, 1921 - Gijón, Asturias, 1999) was a Spanish author, a member of the Xeneración de la posguerra. Biography A bilingual writer in Spanish and Asturian, she began publishing in the 1950s in regional newspapers. She married ...

(1921-1999), Spanish writer *

Alias Avidzba Alias Avidzba is the current and first Chairman of the State Committee for Youth Policy of Abkhazia. Avidzba was appointed on 11 April 2015 by President Raul Khajimba Raul Jumkovich Khajimba ( ab, Рауль Џьумка-иҧа Ҳаџьымба, ...

(fl. from 2015), Abkhazian politician

Other uses

* Alias, Iran, or Qahremanabad, a village * Aliasing, an effect in signal processing