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Look up
tracking
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Tracking
may refer to:
Science and technology
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Computing
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Tracking, in computer graphics, in
match moving
(insertion of graphics into footage)
Tracking, composing music with
music tracker
software
Eye tracking
, measuring the position of the eye relative to the head
Finger tracking
, measuring the positions of the fingers
Optical motion tracking
, or motion capture, recording the precise movements of objects or people
Position tracking, monitoring the location of a mechanical system in real-time by counting pulses; see
Incremental encoder § Position tracking
Positional tracking
, an essential component of augmented reality
Video tracking
, locating an object in each frame of a video sequence
Mobile phone tracking
, monitoring the physical location of a mobile phone
Internet tracking
, analyzing online activity
Web visitor tracking
, the analysis of visitor behavior on a website
Sleep tracking
, monitoring sleeping experience (deep, REM, duration etc.)
Life sciences
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Animal migration tracking
, performed by attaching a tag to an animal
Tracking (hunting)
, to learn about the ecology of an area
Environmental tracking, a concept developed by the
Environmental Investment Organisation
to monitor climate change
Logistics
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Tracking (commercial airline flight)
, the means of tracking civil airline flights in real time
Package tracking
, or package logging, the process of localizing shipping containers, mail and parcel post
Track and trace
, a process of determining the current and past locations and other status of property in transit
Asset tracking
, which provides status of objects of an inventory or
mobile stock
Vehicle tracking system
uses GPS to find out about movement and/or location of cars, trucks, and/or other vehicles
Other uses in science and technology
[
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Tracking (particle physics)
, measuring the direction and magnitude of the momenta of charged particles
Tracking, a process of degradation in which tree-like carbonized patterns (
electrical treeing
) appear on an insulator
Tracking or
Toe (automotive)
, the symmetric angle that each wheel makes with the long axis of a vehicle
Video tape tracking
, alignment of the magnetic tape of a video recorder with the read head
Tracking, combining individual radar detections with a
radar tracker
Tracking system
, various methods used to monitor moving persons or objects, often remotely
Tracking transmitter
, a device that broadcasts a radio signal that can be detected by a directional antenna
Target and missile tracking, elements of
Go-Onto-Target systems
in missile guidance
Tracking is also used, euphemistically, for
surveillance
or
mass surveillance
Multitrack recording
, a term commonly shortened to "tracking"
Arts and entertainment
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Tracking
(documentary)
, a 1994 documentary about the band Phish
Tracking
(novel)
, a three-part work by David R. Palmer
Tracking shot
, a filming technique also known as a dolly shot
Sports
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]
Tracking (dog)
, the act of a dog following a scent trail
Tracking (freeflying)
, in skydiving, the technique of moving horizontally while in freefall
Tracking (hunting)
, the art of learning about a place via animal trails and other environmental evidence
Tracking trial
, a dog competition
Other uses
[
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]
Tracking (education)
, separating children into classes according to academic ability
Tracking (scouting)
, a scouting activity focused on observation, stalking, and following a trail
Tracking, typographers' term for
letter-spacing
, uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of text
Tracking, matching or comparing the performance of a financial portfolio to a
stock market index
See also
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edit
]
Trace (disambiguation)
Tracing (disambiguation)
Track (disambiguation)
Tracker (disambiguation)
Tracking software (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
This
disambiguation
page lists articles associated with the title
Tracking
.
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led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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