Image map, a web page graphic to which multiple links have been assigned. It is possible to click on different parts of the picture and activate different links. For example, you might create a map of your community that appears on the web page; if the user clicks on the part of the map representing one neighborhood, then the browser will jump to a link providing information about that neighborhood. This gives the links a visual meaning that would not be there in a list of text-only links. Image maps can be created with some web-creation software programs, or they can be defined directly by hand-coding the proper HTML.
Image Map is a text file that defines regions using graphics files (usually Gif files) that user can click on to navigate.