Map (disambiguation)

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 Adam Lambert from the album Trespassing
 * "Map", song by The Microphones from the album The Glow Pt. 2

Organizations

 * MAP Linhas Aéreas, a Brazilian airline
 * 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
 * Motorsport Association of Pakistan
 * 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)

Computing

 * MAP (file format)
 * .map (top-level domain), a top-level domain owned by Google
 * 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 (C++), 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
 * Mean airway pressure, in mechanical ventilation
 * 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 uncrewed space mission
 * Missed approach point, in aviation
 * Mission Augmentation Port, a proposed standard for uncrewed spacecraft docking for On-orbit satellite servicing and mission augmentation
 * Modified atmosphere packaging, a food packaging technique
 * Monoammonium phosphate, an ammonium compound and fertiliser

Other uses

 * Marysville Auto Plant (MAP) Honda Marysville Auto Plant in Marysville, Ohio
 * 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, an euphemism for pedophile
 * Missouri Assessment Program, an annual set of mandatory standardized tests taken by students in Missouri, US
 * Walter Map (1140–1210), writer