# Alias

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**Alias** may refer to:

- [Pseudonym](/source/Pseudonym), a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose - [Pen name](/source/Pen_name), 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](/source/Stage_name), a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers
- [Nickname](/source/Nickname), a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing
- [Sobriquet](/source/Sobriquet), a familiar name used in place of a real name without the need for explanation; it may become more familiar than the original name
- [Code name](/source/Code_name), a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person
- [Art name](/source/Art_name), a pseudonym used in Sinosphere

## Arts and entertainment

### Film and television

- [*Alias* (2013 film)](/source/Alias_(2013_film)), a 2013 Canadian documentary film
- [*Alias* (TV series)](/source/Alias_(TV_series)), an American action thriller series 2001–2006
- *[Alias the Jester](/source/Alias_the_Jester)*, a 1995 British animated series
- *[Alias – the Bad Man](/source/Alias_%E2%80%93_the_Bad_Man)*, a 1931 American Western film

### Gaming

- [*Alias* (board game)](/source/Alias_(board_game))
- [Alias (*Forgotten Realms*)](/source/Alias_(Forgotten_Realms)), a fictional character in *Dungeons & Dragons*
- [*Alias* (video game)](/source/Alias_(video_game)), 2004, based on the TV series

### Literature

- [*Alias* (comics)](/source/Alias_(comics)), an American comic book series
- [Alias Enterprises](/source/Alias_Enterprises), an American publishing company
- Alias, a character in the British comic book series *[Kingsman: The Red Diamond](/source/Kingsman:_The_Red_Diamond)*

### Music

- [Alias (band)](/source/Alias_(band)), a Canadian rock supergroup - [*Alias* (album)](/source/Alias_(album)), 1990
- [*Alias* (The Magic Numbers album)](/source/Alias_(The_Magic_Numbers_album)), 2014
- [*Alias* (EP)](/source/Alias_(EP)), by Shygirl, 2020
- [Alias (musician)](/source/Alias_(musician)) (Brendon Whitney, 1976–2018), an American rapper
- Alias ([Ryan Tedder](/source/Ryan_Tedder), born 1979), American singer, songwriter and record producer
- [Alias Records](/source/Alias_Records), a record label
- "Alias", a song by In Flames from the 2008 album *[A Sense of Purpose](/source/A_Sense_of_Purpose)*
- "Alias", a song by Scar Tissue from the 2008 album *[Form/Alkaline](/source/Form/Alkaline_(album))*

## Computing

- [alias (command)](/source/Alias_(command)), a shell command
- [Alias (Mac OS)](/source/Alias_(Mac_OS)), a small file representing another object
- [Alias (SQL)](/source/Alias_(SQL)), a feature of SQL
- [Aliasing (computing)](/source/Aliasing_(computing)), where a data location can be accessed through different symbolic names
- [Alias Systems Corporation](/source/Alias_Systems_Corporation), a former software company - [PowerAnimator](/source/PowerAnimator), also known as Alias
- [Autodesk Alias](/source/Autodesk_Alias), a family of computer-aided industrial design software
- [Email alias](/source/Email_alias), a forwarding email address
- [URL shortening](/source/URL_shortening), where a (short) URL redirects to a longer URL

## People

- [Alias Ali](/source/Alias_Ali) (1939–2014), Malaysian politician
- [Alias Avidzba](/source/Alias_Avidzba) (fl. from 2015), Abkhazian politician
- [Florina Alías](/source/Florina_Al%C3%ADas) (1921–1999), Spanish writer
- [Siti Aisyah Alias](/source/Siti_Aisyah_Alias) (born 1966), Malaysian polar scientist

## Other uses

- [Alias, Iran](/source/Alias,_Iran), or Qahremanabad, a village

## See also

- [Aliasing](/source/Aliasing), an effect in signal processing
- [Alias method](/source/Alias_method), a family of algorithms for sampling from a discrete probability distribution
- [Alias transformation](/source/Alias_transformation), in analytic geometry
- [Allias](/source/Allias), a neighbourhood of Tirana, Albania

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