online alias
Digital assumed identity
An online alias is a name someone uses on the internet instead of their real name.
People adopt aliases for privacy, anonymity, or to create distinct personas across platforms: She's been using the same online alias since her forum days.
The term overlaps with username, handle, and screen name, though alias emphasizes the substitution for a legal identity.
- usernameAccount identification string
- user nameAccount login identifier
- handlePart for gripping
- screennameOnline identity label
- screen nameOnline identity alias
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- aliasespseudonym, assumed name, code name, false name, cover name
- online handlesusername, screen name, handle, display name, gamer tag
- Online Identityusername, screen name, handle, display name, pseudonym
- namesgiven names, first names, names, surnames, first name
online aliasreal name
Actual given identity
legal name · birth name · given name · government name · true name
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