isr.co.ro : glossary

Map
  1. In general, to make a correspondence between a set of input values and a set of output values.



  2. As applied to Internet addresses, a list of actual addresses used for message delivery in place of certain nominal or symbolic addresses.



  3. To create such a list of correspondences.



  4. As applied to pages for the World Wide Web, a region that reports the coordinates of any clicks within its border so server programs can respond accordingly. Particularly, a graphic region of this type (an "imagemap").



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