(1) An alternative name used instead of a primary name.
(2) The user name for a server in an implementation repository.
(3) In an internet, a name assigned to a server that makes the server independent of the name of its host system. The alias must be defined in the domain name server.
(4) An assumed or actual association between two data entities, or between a data entity and a pointer.
(5) An alternative name used to identify a table, view, database, or nickname. An alias can be used in SQL statements to refer to a table, view, or database in the same DB2 system or subsystem or in a remote DB2 system or subsystem. See also server name, synonym.
(6) A pointer to another directory object. Aliases can be used within LDAP to reference entries anywhere within the directory tree.
(7) In Notes, a shortened form of a user name that can be used in any Notes application where directory lookup and type-ahead are supported, such as mail. Unlike the Notes user name and alternate name, aliases cannot appear in access control lists and execution control lists.
(8) In EGL generation, a name that is placed in the output source file in place of the name that was in the EGL source code. In most cases, the original name is aliased because it was not valid in the target generation language.
(9) An alternative name for an integrated catalog facility (ICF) user catalog, a file that is not a Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) file, or a member of a partitioned data set (PDS) or a partitioned data set extended (PDSE).