What is the meaning for aliasing?

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What is the meaning for aliasing?

Answer 1

In computer graphics, the stair-stepped appearance of diagonal lines when there are not enough pixels in the image or on screen to represent them realistically. Also called "stair-stepping" and "jaggies." See anti-aliasing.

Answer 2

Hello andrez2103,

There is also the Alias icon on the Macintosh.

On the Macintosh, if you want to make an Alias of a program or file you select the icon (single-click), then you go up to the File > Make Alias menu command or hit the Command (or Apple key) + L keyboard shortcut. This creates an alias of the icon which you can put anywhere on your Macintosh.

You can then double-click on the alias icon and the program will launch or the file will open. Although it works just like a copy of the program, it actually only references the original file or program, where ever it is. The Alias icons uses a minimum of disk space.

The icons on the Macintosh dock are actually aliases, and if you drag them off into "poof" oblivion, the original is still on your Mac.

--Rick

Answer 3

Aliasing refers to the distortion or artifact that is caused by a signal being sampled and reconstructed as an alias of the original signal.

in simpler terms its a glitch in video quality (in games, dvds so on) that makes the game look... well... ugly basically

many games have Antialiasing options that can be enabled but it usually needs a high end graphics card to do so

cheers

Answer 4

Defects or distortion in a television picture or audio. Defects are typically seen as jagged edges on diagonal lines and twinkling or brightening. In digital video, aliasing is caused by insufficient sampling or poor filtering of the digital video.

Answer 5

Aliasing is an effect that causes different continuous signals to become indistinguishable when sampled.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliasing

Answer 6

aliasing is an effect that causes different continuous signals to become indistinguishable

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Answer 7

aliasing is a term that generally means that one variable or some reference, when changed, has an indirect (usually unexpected) effect on some other data.

Answer 8

a·li·as·ing (ā'lē-ə-sĭng, āl'yə-)
n.
The appearance of jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines in computer graphics because the resolution is limited or diminished.
The static distortion in digital sound caused by a low sampling rate.

Answer 9

It depends on the context in which it is used. See link below.

Answer 10

Taking on a different persona.