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Map

A map is a visual, often 2-dimensional, representation of a space — e.g. as a navigational aid.

For help with maps in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps.

Map may also refer to:

• Map (mathematics), many uses
• Modified Atmosphere Packaging
• Maps (anime), two OAV anime series released in 1987 and 1994
• Map (butterfly), a species of butterfly common in central and eastern Europe
• Level (computer and video games), where "map" may refer to a level in computer or video games
• Maximum a posteriori, method of estimation

In programming:

• Map (higher-order function), a higher-order function used to apply a function to a list of values and return another list with the results.
• An associative array, an abstract data type composed of a collection of keys and a collection of values, where each key is associated with one value.
  • Map (C++ container), an associative array implementation in the C++ language.

In music:

• "Map of the Problematique", a 2006 song by Muse
• "Map of Your Head", a 2002 song, also by Muse
• "Maps" (song), 2004 song by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• MAP (band), an indie band from Riverside, California
• Maps (band), an electronic indie band from the United Kingdom

In film and television:

• Map of the Human Heart, a 1993 film directed by Vincent Ward

MAP

MAP may refer to:

• Austronesian languages, MAP is the ISO 639 alpha-3 for this language family
• Maghreb Arab Press, the official Moroccan news agency
• Malawi Against Polio
• Manifold absolute pressure, an important sensor in automobiles
• Markovian arrival processes, a description of arrivals to a queue
• maximum a posteriori, an estimator in statistics
• Mean Arterial Pressure, the driving force of blood flow
• Medical Aid for Palestinians, a UK charity
• Mediterranean Action Plan, a United Nations Environmental Programme plan
• Membership action plan, a stage for countries that are on their way to joining NATO
• Microtubule-associated protein, a member of proteins that interact with the microtubules of the cellular cytoskeleton
• Microwave Anisotropy Probe, an unmanned NASA space mission, which studies cosmic microwave background radiation. Later renamed to Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP).
• Minimum advertised price (Resale price maintenance), a way of enforcing pricing structures in retail
• Missed approach point, in aviation
• Missouri Assessment Program
• Mitogen-activated protein, a mediator of intracellular signaling
• Mobile Application Part, a protocol used in GSM networks
• Mobile Assault Platoon, a type of military configuration for US forces in Iraq
• Monoammonium phosphate, a chemical compound
• Morning-After Pill, a figurative term for emergency contraception
• Mount Albert-Ponsonby, a New Zealand football club
• Multiphoton-absorption photopolymerization, a micro-fabrication technique
• Multiple Address and Port feature of CAI Networks products
• Municipal Alliance for Peace, a network to promote peace in the Middle East
• Museo de Arte Precolombino (Peru), an art museum of pre-Columbian art and artefacts in Cusco, Peru
• Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, a strain of pathogenic bacteria

See also

• MAPS (disambiguation)
• MAPP gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) mixed with methylacetylene-propadiene
• Mappy (disambiguation)

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