mapper
nounUS /ˈmæpɚ/
Etymology From map + -er.
1
One who produces a map.
2
Video games 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.2003, David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture:
3
Business, Computing, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Sciences 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.2015, Nathan Altice, I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer/Entertainment System Platform:
- Derived terms
- craniomapper, lightning mapper, mind mapper, portmapper