what does map mean

in my image mapping thing theres this map word... i dun know what it means.
example
<img src="rainbow.gif" usemap = #example border=0>
^
what does that mean?

NewBies wrote:

in my image mapping thing theres this map word... i dun know what it means.
example
img src="rainbow.gif" usemap = #example border=0
^
what does that mean?

In English terms 'usemap = #example' could mean "use the map named
'example' which will have hotspots on the source image 'rainbow.gif' "

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Richard.