mapping

  1. Noun.  The process of making maps.
  2. Noun.  (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence.
  3. Noun.  (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
  4. Noun.  (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network. .
  5. Verb.  (present participle of, map) .

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