Map (disambiguation)

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A map is a symbolic visual representation of an area.

Map or MAP may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Map (band), an indie band from California, US
• Map (painting), a 1961 oil-on-canvas painting by Jasper Johns
• Map (video games), also known as a level, area, or world
• Map, a character in Dora the Explorer
• "Map", song by The Microphones from the album The Glow Pt. 2

Organizations

• HM Melbourne Assessment Prison, a prison in Australia
• Maghreb Arabe Press, the official Moroccan news agency
• Malaysian Advancement Party, a political party in Malaysia
• Media Access Project, a communications policy law firm and advocacy organization
• Medical Aid for Palestinians, a UK charity
• Minister of Aircraft Production, a WWII-era UK ministry, later replaced by the Ministry of Supply
• Mobile Assault Platoon, a platoon in the US Marine Corps
• Motorcycle Awareness Program, a motorists' safety training program
• Municipal Alliance for Peace, a network to promote peace in the Middle East
• Museo de Arte de Ponce, an art museum in Puerto Rico
• Museo de Arte Precolombino (Peru), a Peruvian art museum
• Muslim Association Party, a political party in the Gold Coast (now Ghana)

Science and technology

Computing

• MAP (file format)
• Manufacturing Automation Protocol, a set of computer network communication protocols
• Mapping of Address and Port, an IPv6 transition technology
• Mean average precision, in information retrieval
• Message Access Profile, a Bluetooth profile for exchange of messages between devices
• Mobile Application Part, a mobile phone network protocol

Programming

• Map (computer science), or associative array, a data type composed of a collection of key/value pairs
  • Associative containers, an implementation in the C++ language
• Map (higher-order function), used to apply a function to a list of values and return another list with the results
• Map (parallel pattern), an idiom in parallel computing

Mathematics

• Map (mathematics), generalizations of the concept of function
• Map (graph theory), a drawing of a graph on a surface without overlapping edges
  • Planar graph, a graph drawn on a planar surface
• Maps of manifolds
• Combinatorial map, a representation of a topological subdivision of the plane
• Functional predicate, in formal logic
• Maximum a posteriori estimation, in statistics
• Markov additive process, in applied probability
• Markovian arrival process, in queueing theory
• another term for a function, often with some sort of special structure
• another term for a morphism in category theory
• a subdivision of the plane or other surface into regions; see Four color theorem

Medicine and biology

• Map (butterfly), a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae
• Mean arterial pressure, the driving force of blood flow
• Methionyl aminopeptidase, an enzyme
• Microtubule-associated protein, a member of proteins that interact with the microtubules of the cellular cytoskeleton
• Mitogen-activated protein, a mediator of intracellular signaling
• Mussel adhesive protein
• Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, a strain of pathogenic bacteria
• 6α-Methyl-17α-acetoxyprogesterone or medroxyprogesterone acetate

Others

• Cognitive map, commonly referred to simply as "map", mental representations of physical locations
• Malaria Atlas Project, a non-profit data dissemination project
• Manifold absolute pressure, in an internal combustion engine
• Microwave Anisotropy Probe, an unmanned space mission
• Missed approach point, in aviation
• Modified atmosphere packaging, a food packaging technique
• Monoammonium phosphate, an ammonium compound and fertiliser

Other uses

• MAP test, a testing regimen for the flushing power of toilets
• Austronesian languages (ISO 639 alpha-3 code: map)
• Managerial assessment of proficiency, a methodology used in human resources
• Membership action plan, for countries joining NATO
• Minimum advertised price
• Minor-attracted person (disambiguation)
• Missouri Assessment Program, an annual set of mandatory standardized tests taken by students in Missouri, US
• Walter Map (1140–1210), writer

See also

• Maps (disambiguation)
• Mapp (disambiguation)
• Mappy (disambiguation)
• Mapping (disambiguation)
• Maap, an island in the Federated States of Micronesia