Tracking

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Tracking may refer to:

• 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.)

• 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

• 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

• 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"

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Trace (disambiguation)
• Tracing (disambiguation)
• Track (disambiguation)
• Tracker (disambiguation)
• Tracking software (disambiguation)

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