Mapper

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Mapper has several meanings:

Device mapper, handler for Linux.
Level designer, a person who designs levels for video games.
MAPPER, a Fourth-generation programming language originally sold by Sperry Corporation (now Unisys).
Mapper(2), a biological database.
Memory Management Controller, a chip that handles bank switching on certain NES cartridges, or the part of an emulator that emulates a Memory Management Controller.
Port mapper, maps program to web address.
Semantic mapper, maps between namespaces.
mapper orientation, One of the psychological traits proposed in mapper/packer theory,

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