Look up mapping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Mapping may refer to:

• Cartography, mapmaking
  • Surveying, accurately determining the position of points in 3-D space
  • Photogrammetry, inferring 3-D information from stereo photographs
• Metaphor, cross mapping across two or more seemingly unrelated subjects
  • Conceptual metaphor, in cognitive linguistics, understanding one conceptual domain in terms of another conceptual domain
  • Analogy, inference from a particular to another particular
• Gene mapping, the assignment of DNA fragments to chromosomes

In mathematics:

• Map (or mapping) is often a synonym for function
• Functional predicate, a logical symbol that may be applied to an object term to produce another object term

In computing:

• Data mapping, data element mappings between two distinct data models
• Level design, the creation of levels, locales, stages, or missions for a video game
• Memory-mapped I/O, hardware pretending to be memory
• Virtual memory, a memory management technique
  • Paging, a memory allocation technique
• Texture mapping, in computer graphics

In neuroscience:

• Brain mapping, set of techniques to study the brain

In religion and mythology

• Spiritual mapping, research and prayer to identify individuals or locations to be accused of witchcraft or of being occupied by demonic forces, used by some Evangelicals to conduct spiritual warfare or accuse individuals.

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