(computing, law) The replacement of all data (in a database etc) that identifies a person with an artificial identifier or pseudonym.

A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.

plural of pseudonym

Of or pertaining to a pseudonym. / (of a name) Fictitious. / That uses a pseudonym. / (computing, law) Pertaining to pseudonymization.

Under a pseudonym. / (computing, law) Pertaining to pseudonymization.

The state of being pseudonymous, of hiding one's true identity behind a pseudonym.

simple past tense and past participle of pseudonymize

(computing, law) Synonym of pseudonymous

The quality of being pseudonymous.

(computing, law) To depersonalize or anonymize (data); a procedure by which the most identifying fields within a data record are replaced by one or more artificial identifiers, or pseudonyms.