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mapping

mapping

10 3.8
Linking fields in one database to the matching fields in another
  • noun
  • /ˈmæpɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : mapeo
  • 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

  • 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.

    Academic text (2012)
  • What we are seeing here is a very good mapping of how power operates now.

  • You have to have this mapping so that you're actually detecting and seeing what is real.

  • 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.

  • Effective mapping between different software systems ensures seamless data integration.

Synonyms

binding
vsmapping
  • Specialized
4 6.8

A link that connects data to a form or display so they update together

is broader, matching fields across different databases to enable integration or migration
data conversion
vsmapping
  • Specialized
1 3.6

To change information from one format to another so it works in a new system

focuses on aligning fields between schemas rather than changing file formats

Compounds

chromosome mapping
  • Specialized
6.5

To find where genes are on a chromosome

How Integrated

integrated data processing
  • Specialized
4.8
harmonizer
  • Specialized
7.0
data management
  • Specialized
3 3.6
mapping
  • Specialized
10 3.8

Surface Forms

mapping singular
mappings plural

Morphology

mapping = map (transparent) = map + ing

Computing 'mapping' is a technical extension of the verb 'map' (establishing correspondences) and is formed by a regular -ing nominalization.

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.