A map may refer to any of the following:

  1. When referring to programming, or layout of a software program or hardware device, a map refers to the documentation that describes its overall structure.

  2. When referring to networks, a map or mapped drive refers to a link to another computer, share, or printer.

  3. With computer software, games, and keyboards, mapping describes keyboard mapping. A map may also describe the environment a player plays in a game. For example, a first-person shooter may have many different maps for players to compete against each other. Those with more experience playing a game can have a competitive advantage by knowing more about the map than those without experience.

  • How to map a network drive.
  • See the map command page for additional information about this MS-DOS and Windows command line command.
  • Network and network card help and support.

  1. When referring to HTML, the tag is used with the area element to designate an image map on a web page.

  2. In general, a map describes instructions that locate a destination in the world. Below is a listing of some popular places on the Internet that help you create driving maps to a destination of your choice.

  • Google Maps
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Bing Maps
  • Map Quest

Google Earth is also a fantastic, free software program containing maps, satellite images, places of interest, and more.

  1. Map sometimes describes an associative array.

Google Maps also has a great feature known as streets view. This feature lets you drive down many of the streets in the United States and see pictures of the houses, buildings, and other objects.

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