Tracking

n. following, pursuing, hunting; (in typography) technique of setting a pair of letters closer together than is usual by reducing the space between them, kerning

v. follow a path; follow movements; travel across, get across; chase after

Tracking can refer to:Tracking (education), separating children into different classes according to their academic abilityTracking, in computer graphics, a vital part of match movingTracking, a term in education related to ability groupingTracking, in portfolio management, matching or comparing with a stock market indexTracking and tracing, in logistics, the process of uniformly building a track of objects that are forwarded to, processed for, applied in or disposed of usageTracking, a subject of reckoning, concerning setting up a track on other objects momentarily viewed from the observer's own locationTracking (typography), the process of uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of textTracking (space flight), tracking satellites from a tracking station.Tracking (commercial airline flight), the means of tracking civil airline flights in realtime.Tracking (hunting), the science and art of learning about a place via animal trails and everything else thereGo-Onto-Target (GOT) guidance systemsTracking (Scouting), a Scouting activityTracking (electrical), the formation of partially conductive paths across the surface of an electrical insulator that degrade, or destroy, its insulating capabilities
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Noun
1. the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
(synonym) trailing
(hypernym) pursuit, chase, following
(derivation) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
(classification) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

Noun
1. a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
(synonym) path, course
(hypernym) line
(hyponym) collision course
(derivation) traverse, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
2. evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
(synonym) lead, trail
(hypernym) evidence, grounds
(derivation) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after
3. a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) railroad track, railroad, railway
4. a course over which races are run
(synonym) racetrack, racecourse, raceway
(hypernym) course
(hyponym) cinder track
(part-meronym) stretch
5. a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album"
(synonym) cut
(hypernym) excerpt, extract, selection
6. an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
(synonym) caterpillar track, caterpillar tread
(hypernym) belt
(hyponym) half track
(part-holonym) tracked vehicle
7. (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
(synonym) data track
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(classification) computer science, computing
8. a groove on a phonograph recording
(hypernym) groove, channel
9. a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll
(synonym) rail, rails
(hypernym) bar
(hyponym) third rail
(part-holonym) railroad track, railroad, railway
10. any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
(synonym) cart track, cartroad
(hypernym) road, route
(hyponym) portage
11. the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
(synonym) running
(hypernym) track and field
(part-holonym) track meet
Verb
1. carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"
(hypernym) bring in, introduce
(derivation) path, course
2. observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile"
(hypernym) observe
(derivation) path, course
3. go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
(synonym) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after
(hypernym) pursue, follow
(hyponym) quest
(derivation) lead, trail
4. travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
(synonym) traverse, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
(hypernym) pass, go through, go across
(hyponym) tramp
(derivation) path, course
5. make tracks upon
(hypernym) make, create

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
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<text> The spacing between characters in a line of text. This is defined when a font is designed but can often be altered in order to change the appearance of the text or for special effects.
Tracking should not be confused with kerning which deals with the spacing between certain pairs of characters.
See also leading.
(1996-06-07)

<storage> The part of a disk which passes under one read/write head while the head is stationary. The number of tracks on a disk surface therefore corresponds to the number of different radial positions of the head(s). The collection of all tracks on all surfaces at a given radial position is known a cylinder and each track is divided into sectors.
(1997-07-15)