Definition of Image map

FOLDOC
image map
<World-Wide Web> An image in an HTML document with "hot spots" which when clicked on in a suitable browser, act as anchors or links to other information. For example, an image of a map of the world might provide links to resources related to different countries. Clicking on a country would take the user to the relevant information.
[Documentation URL?]
(1995-12-05)

Search Dictionary:
Search Web Search Dictionary



Image map definition was found in categories: Computer & Internet(4)  Science & Technology(1)  Language, Idioms & Slang(1)  Encyclopedia(1)  

Image map Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology
Image Map
graphic which is divided into different areas each of which link to different web pages . An example of where this could be used is by an Australian company that has an office in each state capital. The Graphic would be a Map of Australia. If the user clicked on Melbourne the Victoria Web Page would be displayed but If the user clicked on Sydney the New South Wales Web Page would be displayed

Jensen's Technology Glossary
Image map
A graphic image at WWW sites that is a navigational tool. It contains two elements: (1) the graphic that is visible on the screen and (2) a text file that contains the HTML or other hyperlink coding. (See also World Wide Web)

Website design & Internet terms
Image map
A means of defining areas within a graphic image so that individual parts of the image can be used to initiate actions (eg links).

INTERNET TERMS&ACRONYMSV1.0
IMAGE MAP
Graphic images containing multiple,clicable links.Clicking on different representative areas of the graphic links you to different related pages.For example ,the image could be of a country map,split into different areas,each of which could be clikable and hyperlink to a larger view of that specific area.


Image map Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Technical English by wpv
Image Map
A graphic divided into regions or "hotspots". When a particular region is clicked, it calls up a web page that has been associated with that particular region.


Image map Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

hEnglish - advanced version
image map

image map
an image in an html document with "hot spots" which when clicked on in a suitable browser, act as anchors or links to other information. for example, an image of a map of the world might provide links to resources related to different countries. clicking on a country would take the user to the relevant information.



Image map Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Image map
In HTML, an image map is a list of coordinates relating to a specific image, created in order to hyperlink areas of the image to various destinations (as opposed to a normal image link, in which the entire area of the image links to a single destination). For example, a map of the world may have each country hyperlinked to further information about that country. The intention of an image map is to provide an easy way of linking various parts of an image without dividing the image into separate image files.

See more at Wikipedia.org...