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alias
InformaticsA secondary or symbolic name for a file or computer peripheral (device).
Molecular biology
An alternative symbol or name for part of the sequence of a known gene that resembles names for other anonymous DNA segments—e.g., D6Mit236 is an alias for Cftr.