aliasing
n.
(Computers) process through which curved lines appear to have a jagged edge due to low-end graphics capabilities; creation of a false frequency when sampling audio data (caused by a low sampling rate)
Aliasing
aliasing
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)
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe
aliasing
aliasing