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Rename (re- + name) is a word meaning change the name of something. Different areas, such as linguistics, relational algebra, and computer science incur renaming actions with different detailed activity, however the principles behind are all the same — change the name of something.

[edit] Computer science

In computing, rename refers to the altering of a name of a file. This can be done manually by using a shell command such as ren, or by using batch renaming software that can automate the renaming process.

rename is also the name of the function performing the same action in C programming language: see rename (C).

In SQL, renames are performed by using the CHANGE specification in ALTER TABLE statements.

[edit] Relational algebra

See Rename (relational algebra).

[edit] Economics