mapping

(verb): To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography.
(verb): (followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.
(verb): (followed by a "to" phrase) To have a direct relationship; to correspond.
(verb): To inform someone of a particular idea.
(noun): The process of making maps.
(noun): The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
(noun): Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
(noun): A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence.
(noun): Conversion of data types between incompatible type systems.