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. <hardware> (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)
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