Cyber Glossary
Cyberlaw dictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical and legal terms related to the Internet. The site you are now browsing contains over 500 definitions of words drawn from Standard Internet English including technical terms and their meanings. Our aim is to explain basic technical jargon of cyberspace to those who are not familiar with its jargon. We've given preference to terms that are widely used, like modem or bandwidth, and to those that describe new concepts specific to the Internet experience such as phishing or sexting.
Alias
the use of an icon as a method of starting an application, opening a folder, file or disk. With Macintosh products the alias may be placed anywhere that is convenient such as the Apple menu, the desktop, or a special folder. The title of an alias icon is in italics. In Windows, an alias is known as a shortcut. see shortcut.
