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Mapping may refer to:
- The making of maps, as in cartography, surveying, and photogrammetry;
In biology and neuroscience:
- Gene mapping, the assignment of DNA fragments to chromosomes
- Brain mapping, set of techniques to study the brain
In mathematics:
- Map (mathematics), 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
- Page mapping, or paging, in virtual memory systems
- Cache mapping of main memory locations into entries of a cache
- Texture mapping, in computer graphics
- Device mapping, the assignment of I/O devices to file descriptors, file names, file numbers, etc.
In logic, linguistics, and psychology:
- Conceptual metaphor, an understanding one conceptual domain in terms of another conceptual domain
- Metaphor, cross mapping across two or more seemingly unrelated subjects
- Analogy, inference from a particular to another particular
- Mapping of operational areas for the placement of resources in production sites
- Mapping of sales regions and the location of customers for directing marketing efforts
- Mapping of supply chains for distribution and transportation and logistics
- Mapping a strategic road map for excution of business plans
In robotics:
- Mapping of operational areas for the routing of robots on confined paths
- Plotting a map from exploration of viable routes
In religion and mythology
- Spiritual mapping, a practice of some religions.
See also
- Visual Thesaurus
-storming
- Bodystorming
- Brainstorming
- Cloudstorming
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