mapper

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English

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Etymology

From map +‎ -er.

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Noun

mapper (plural mappers)

  1. One who produces a map.
  2. (video games) A designer of levels for video games.
    • 2003, David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture:
      As he churned out early versions of the Quake III engine, the mappers and artists felt adrift, with no direction on what to pursue.
  3. (computing, electronics) A software or hardware component that performs a mapping.
    • 2015, Nathan Altice, I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer/Entertainment System Platform:
      Throughout the Famicom's life span, Nintendo produced several ASIC mappers, which grew in capability and specialty, allowing the Famicom to break many of its own hardware rules.

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Danish

Noun

mapper c

  1. indefinite plural of mappe

French

Etymology

From Latin mappa +‎ -er. The first term is borrowed, not inherited, because nappe is the inherited form.

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mapper

  1. to map (all senses)

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