Computing • 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 •
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 •
Animal migration tracking, performed by attaching a tag to an animal •
GPS animal tracking, to learn about the ecology of an area • Environmental tracking, a concept developed by the
Environmental Investment Organisation to monitor climate change
Logistics •
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 •
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 ==