# Names

Names: Verb-Noun: Names That Explain Themselves, Parameters, Values and Switches, Short Names: Aliases.

Updated: November 10, 2026

1. [Verb-Noun: Names That Explain Themselves](https://www.ask-codey.com/lessons/powershell-verb-noun-names) (Novice): Every PowerShell command is named with a verb, a dash and a noun, such as Get-Process, so once you know the pattern you can guess a command's name before you look it up, and Get-Verb lists the verbs.
2. [Parameters, Values and Switches](https://www.ask-codey.com/lessons/powershell-parameters) (Novice): A parameter tells a command more about what you want, written as a dash and a name with a value after it, or as a switch with no value, and Tab and Ctrl+Space show you every parameter a command has.
3. [Short Names: Aliases](https://www.ask-codey.com/lessons/powershell-aliases) (Novice): An alias is a short second name for a command, such as ls or dir for Get-ChildItem, and Get-Alias shows what an alias really runs, so you can use short names at the prompt and full names in scripts.

Source: https://www.ask-codey.com/courses/powershell-in-depth/topics/powershell-names