ALIASING


Meaning of ALIASING in English

1. < jargon > When several different identifiers refer to the same object. The term is very general and is used in many contexts.

See alias , aliasing bug , anti-aliasing .

2. (Or "shadowing") Where a hardware device responds at multiple addresses because it only decodes a subset of the address lines , so different values on the other lines are ignored.

(1998-03-13)

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