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 ...

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'', a 1995 British animated series * '' Alias – the Bad Man'', 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 (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 ra ...

(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), 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, also known as Alias * Autodesk Alias, a family of computer-aided industrial design software * Email alias, 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 ...

, 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 Qahremanabad ( fa, قهرمان اباد, also Romanized as Qahremānābād; also known as Ālīās) is a village in Azari Rural District, in the Central District of Esfarayen County, North Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially th ...

, 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 ...

, an effect in signal processing