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mapping | monoalphabetic |

As a noun mapping

is the process of making maps.

As a verb mapping

is .

As an adjective monoalphabetic is

(cryptography) of a substitution cipher, using the same fixed mappings from plaintext to cipher letters across the entire text.

mapping

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of making maps.
  • (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence.
  • (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
  • (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • monoalphabetic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (cryptography) Of a substitution cipher, using the same fixed mappings from plaintext to cipher letters across the entire text.
  • Derived terms

    * monoalphabetically

    See also

    * polyalphabetic