Remapped

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Having been assigned a new mapping or function, typically by changing how inputs or controls correspond to outputs
2. Altered so that the original relationships or functions are replaced with a different set according to a new scheme
3. Changed by reassigning the correspondence between elements or controls to produce a different configuration or usage

Etymology: "Remapped" is the past tense and past participle of "remap," a verb built from the prefix "re-" and "map." The "map" part is the familiar word for a representation of land or territory, which comes into English from medieval Latin "mappa," meaning a cloth or napkin. That sense of a sheet of material gave the word its first meaning, and the drawn-chart sense came later, as cloths and sheets were used to depict the surface of the earth. The prefix "re-" carries the sense of doing something again or anew. Combined with "map," it means to draw or plot a map again, or to make a new mapping. Over time the verb has moved beyond cartography. In computing and electronics, where a key, button, or signal is assigned to a different function, the same logic applies: the correspondence between inputs and outputs is redrawn, so "remap" describes a new layout of that correspondence.

Synonyms: redesigned, reconfigured

Antonyms: unchanged, fixed