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mapper

/ˈmæpɚ/ US

noun mappers

One who produces a map.
Similar: cartographer
A designer of levels for video games. As he churned out early versions of the Quake III engine, the mappers and artists felt adrift, with no direction on what to pursue.
A software or hardware component that performs a mapping. 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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noun one who maps

Español	mapeador
हिन्दी	मापक māpak
Français	cartographe
Tiếng Việt	nhà lập bản đồ, người lập bản đồ, nhà vẽ bản đồ, người vẽ bản đồ

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@misc{mapper_2026,
  title = {mapper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mapper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}