PowerShell comes with a number of canned aliases attempting to help the author make typing easier. For example, running Gwmi takes less time than typing Get-Wmiobject. This is a definite Unix mentality that values speedy typing over clarity or easy-to-read script. However, speedy typing does save time. Also, if you're just using the shell interactively, there's little reason to care what anyone else thinks about how clear or easy-to-read your script is! The Get-Alias cmdlet shows you all the predefined aliases, as well as any you've added yourself:
Some of these aliases are really not obvious. For example, what would you make of an alias that looked like this?
Expanding all those aliases makes it easier to read:
