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Tracking
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'''Tracking''' can refer to multiple concepts:
;In technology:
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Tracker, software that creates
MOD (file format) ''tracking'' modules for the computer representation of music.
*
Video tracking, when processing a video sequence, consists in finding the location of an object of the scene on each frame of the sequence.
*Tracking in reference to
Video cassette recorder VCRs means the alignment of the
magnetic tape with respect to the reading head. Particularly in earlier two-head VCRs, tracking was very important for proper playback. Most VCRs have controls for tracking, either manual, automatic, or a combination of the two.
*Small-target tracking, a process to trace targets' dynamic states (for example, position, velocity, acceleration) and their identities by means of sensor measurements. Commonly, it is a combined process of state estimation and data association. See [http://www.doering-thomas.de/page.html?globalName=Research&siteName=Diploma%20Thesis&language=english Traffic object tracking].
;In sports:
*
Tracking (hunting), the science and art of learning about a place via animal trails and everything else there.
*
Tracking (dog), the act of a dog following a scent trail.
*
Tracking trial, a dog competition.
*
Tracking (freeflying), in skydiving, the technique of moving horizontally while in free-fall.
;Other areas:
*Tracking in education is related to
ability grouping.
*Tracking is a portfolio management tool, used for example by
index funds, so that the portfolio value always mirror the evolution of a
stock market index.
*Tracking in
logistics, the process of uniformly building a track of objects that are forwarded to, processed for, applied in or disposed of usage. The obtained
track hence is a map depicted or coordinates listed in real-time of the reckoned locations of the respective object.
*Tracking, a subject of
reckoning, concerning setting up a track on other objects momentarily viewed from the observer's own location.
**A related concept is that of
tracing, which uniformly describes the process of retrospectively generating a trace.
*:Tracking should not be used synonymously to
tracing in
logistics. Both terms are used in conjunction as Tracking and Tracing for imposing control on performing services of logistics.
*
Tracking (typography), the process of uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of text.
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External links
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Bushcraft related tracking article
de:Verfolgung
