Tracking

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Tracking may refer to:

Animal migration tracking by attaching a tag to the animal
Tracking (education), separating children into different classes according to their academic ability
Tracking, in computer graphics, a vital part of match moving
Tracking, in portfolio management, matching or comparing with a stock market index
Tracking, in automotive engineering, a synonym for Toe
Tracking, a subject of dead reckoning, concerning setting up a track on other objects momentarily viewed from the observer's own location
Tracking (typography), the process of uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of text
The purpose of a satellite tracker
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 other environmental evidence
Tracking (Scouting), a Scouting activity
Tracking, an electrical pre-breakdown phenomenon, see Electrical treeing
Tracking shot, a filming technique also known as a dolly shot
The association of individual detections from a radar system, performed by a radar tracker
Target tracking, one of the elements of Go-Onto-Target systems of missile guidance
Environmental Tracking (ET), as performed by the Environmental Investment Organisation
Tracking (documentary), a 1994 documentary about the band Phish
Tracking (particle physics), the act of measuring the direction and magnitude of charged particles momenta

Logistics

Track and trace, a process starting with determining the current and past locations and other status of property in transit
Asset tracking provides regular information about objects of an inventory or any stock of mobile entities
Tracking (novel), a three-part work by David R. Palmer

Tracking (freeflying), in skydiving, the technique of moving horizontally while in free-fall
Tracking (dog), the act of a dog following a scent trail
Tracking trial, a dog competition

Optical motion tracking
Video tracking, finding the location of an object of the scene on each frame of the sequence, when processing a video sequence
Video tape tracking, alignment of the magnetic tape of a video tape recorder with respect to the reading head
Tracking, composing music with tracker
Web visitor tracking, the analysis of visitor behavior on a website

A detailed search for someone or some group based on physical evidence in the context of law enforcement, manhunt (law enforcement)
The above in the context of looking for an animal, tracking (hunting)
The above in the context of military combat, manhunt (military)