Explanation ALIAS: A lightweight reference to files and folders in Mac OS Standard (HFS) and Mac OS Extended (HFS+) file systems. An alias allows multiple references to files and folders without requiring multiple copies of these items. Aliases are not as fragile as symbolic links because they identify the volume and location on disk of a referenced file or folder; the file or folder can be moved around without breaking the alias. See also symbolic link
More definitions for Mac OS users such as alias in Dictionary A.
- Help Advance Width:
- Usage The full horizontal width of a glyph as measured from its origin to the origin of the next glyph on the line, including the side bearings on both sides alias definition.
- Help Alignment:
- Usage The horizontal placement of lines of text with respect to the left and right edges of the text area. Alignment can be left, right, centered, or justified (flush on both left and right edges alias explain.
- Help Administrator:
- Usage group. The user who installs OS X is automatically assigned to the admin group. An administrator has fewer privileges than root, but more privileges than a normal user. An administrator cannot alias what is.
- Help Atom ID:
- Usage A 32-bit integer that uniquely identifies an atom among other child atoms of the same parent atom. The root atom has an atom ID value of 0x0001. See also child atom , parent atom , root atom alias meaning.
- Help Attachment:
- Usage A Core Foundation object associated with a video frame. This attachment, specified by a key-value pair, can hold any sort of information relevant to the frame, such as a timestamp alias abbreviation.
