different between mapping vs mappable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæp??/
• Hyphenation: map?ping

Noun

mapping (countable and uncountable, plural mappings)

1. The process of making maps.
2. (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
3. (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
4. (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence.
5. (object-oriented programming) conversion of data types between incompatible type systems.

Hyponyms

• (computing): object-relational mapping

Translations

Verb

mapping

1. present participle of map

References

• mapping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Noun

mapping m (plural mappings)

1. mapping

English

Etymology

map +? -able

Adjective

mappable (comparative more mappable, superlative most mappable)

1. Able to be represented by a map.

   Satellite imagery has made many inaccessible areas much more mappable.

2. Able to be associated with something else by means of a mapping.

   Computers on the Internet are mappable to IP addresses.

Synonyms

• plottable

Derived terms

• mappability
• unmappable

Translations