mapping
- noun
- /ˈmæpɪŋ/
- Specialized
- Jonathan Harker deals both with the purchase of Carfax Abbey and the mapping of the house and its grounds.
- mapping software
- mapping tool
- mapping of data
Examples
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Given how extensive ecological literature is, however, systems to automate the mapping of published studies must be developed.
Academic text (2013) -
Accessing content and services requires mapping from what users care about to where the network is.
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What we are seeing here is a very good mapping of how power operates now.
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You have to have this mapping so that you're actually detecting and seeing what is real.
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Our tool, we believe, enhances curriculum mapping and can be used in conjunction with it.
Academic text (2007) -
Location dependence: Mapping content to host locations complicates configuration as well as implementation of network services.
Academic text (2012) -
232 CAMEO software uses mapping features that can incorporate census data to predict how releases could affect areas.
Academic text (1998) -
The system has planar, cylindrical, or spherical mapping of surface patterns to ensure uniformity.
Academic text (1993) -
The mapping of data fields from one database to another is crucial for a successful migration.
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Effective mapping between different software systems ensures seamless data integration.
Synonyms
A link that connects data to a form or display so they update together
To change information from one format to another so it works in a new system
Compounds
How Integrated
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mapping comes from map + -ing, with map meaning a picture that 'shows where things belong' and people using that picture idea for data. So in computing a mapping is the way you 'match' or 'link' fields in one database to fields in another.