mapping

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæpɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: map‧ping

Noun[edit]

mapping (countable and uncountable, plural mappings)

  1. The process of making maps.
  2. (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
  3. (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
  4. (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence.
  5. (object-oriented programming) conversion of data types between incompatible type systems.

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Verb[edit]

mapping

  1. present participle and gerund of map

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Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

mapping m (plural mappings)

  1. mapping