(1) In a TCP/IP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) application, a process used to convert SNA distribution services (SNADS) names in the origin and destination fields of a distribution to SMTP names. System and personal are the two types of aliasing on the System i platform.
(2) In TCP/IP host table processing, a process used to convert internet addresses to host names or host names to internet addresses.
(3) A compilation process that attempts to determine what aliases exist, so that optimization does not result in incorrect program results.