The rectangular limits (xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax) of the area of the Earth's surface you want to display using ARC/INFO. The geographic extent specified by the minimum bounding rectangle of a study area.

1) The rectangular limits (xmin,ymin and xmax,ymax) of the area of the Earth's surface displayed. Map extent is specified in the coordinate system of the coverage or other geographic data set used. Typically, the extent of the geographic database (or a portion of it defined by a zoomed-in view) defines the map extent for display. 2) The geographic extent of a geographic data set specified by the minimum bounding rectangle (i.e., xmin,ymin and xmax,ymax).

Area of the real world which is represented by the map. In GIS it is usually defined by the smallest non-rotated bounding rectangle which contains all of the map features.

A Map Extent is the bounding box that defines the area of a map being viewed. A Map Extent is defined in terms of the map coordinates comprising the corners of the bounding box, usually the lower left X and Y coordinates, and the upper right X and Y coordinates. Whenever zoom functions are performed, the current map extent changes to represent the current area being viewed.

the rectangular limits (x,y - minimum, and x,y -maximum) of the area of the Earth's surface displayed. Typically, the extent of the geographic database (or a portion of it defined by a zoomed - in view) defines the map extent for display.

The rectangular limits (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax) that include all the features displayed on a graphics screen or plotted map.