Tracker (disambiguation)
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Tracker may refer to:
  • Tracking (hunting)
    Tracking (hunting)
    Tracking in hunting and ecology is the science and art of observing animal tracks and other signs, with the goal of gaining understanding of the landscape and the animal being tracked...

    , a specialization in finding and following a trail
  • Track and field
    Track and field
    Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

     athletes, particularly those in track events
  • Tracker action
    Tracker action
    Tracker action is a term used in reference to pipe organs and steam calliopes to indicate a mechanical linkage between keys or pedals pressed by the organist and the valve that allows air to flow into pipe of the corresponding note...

    , in music, a form of mechanics used in certain pipe organs
  • TRACKER, a tracking system, designed for the recovery of stolen vehicles, operated by TRACKER Network UK
    TRACKER Network UK
    The TRACKER Network UK is a vehicle tracking system used for recovering stolen vehicles in the United Kingdom.The TRACKER's stolen vehicle recovery system is operated by all of the UK's 52 police forces...

     Limited
  • Tracker
    Tracker (granola bar)
    Tracker is a chewy cereal bar manufactured by Mars Incorporated and sold in the UK and Ireland. The same product is sold in Switzerland under the Balisto brand....

    , a granola bar (cereal bar) manufactured by Mars, Incorporated
  • Index fund
    Index fund
    An index fund or index tracker is a collective investment scheme that aims to replicate the movements of an index of a specific financial market, or a set of rules of ownership that are held constant, regardless of market conditions.-Tracking:Tracking can be achieved by trying to hold all of the...

     or index tracker, a type of passively managed mutual fund that seeks to track the performance of a benchmark market index such as the S&P 500
  • S-2 Tracker
    S-2 Tracker
    The Grumman S-2 Tracker was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare aircraft to enter service with the US Navy. The Tracker was of conventional design with twin engines, a high wing and tricycle undercarriage. The type was exported to a number of navies around the world...

    , a carrier based ASW aircraft manufactured by Grumman
  • Radar tracker
    Radar tracker
    A radar tracker is a component of a radar system, or an associated command and control system, that associates consecutive radar observations of the same target into tracks...

    , a system used by civil and military users for associating discrete radar plots with individual targets, and forming estimates of those targets' locations, headings and speeds
  • Solar tracker
    Solar tracker
    A solar tracker is a generic term used to describe devices that orient various payloads toward the sun. Payloads can be photovoltaic panels, reflectors, lenses or other optical devices....

    , a device used in some solar energy applications for orienting a solar photovoltaic panel or a concentrating solar reflector toward the sun
  • Geo/Chevrolet Tracker, a compact SUV produced from 1990 until the end of the 2004 model year
  • Tracker signature analysis, also known as analog signature analysis
    Analog signature analysis
    Analog signature analysis is electronic component and circuit board troubleshooting technique which applies a current-limited AC sinewave across two points of an electronic component or circuit....

  • Tracker (company)
    Tracker (company)
    Tracker is a Finnish company headquartered in Oulunsalo, Northern Finland. Tracker develops, manufactures and sells tracking and telemetry devices, mainly* GPS and radio frequency tracking devices* Outdoor navigation software for mobile phones...

    , a company from Oulunsalo, Finland, specialising in tracking and telemetry devices
  • Tracker mortgage, a type of variable-rate mortgage
  • Tracker Cameron, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation

Media

  • Tracker (band)
    Tracker (band)
    Tracker is an American indie rock ensemble from Portland, Oregon. The act was founded in 1998 by John Askew, a freelance audio engineer and writer for Tape Op magazine.-Background:...

    , an indie rock band from Portland, Oregon
  • Tracker (comics)
    Tracker (comics)
    Tracker is a joint comic book venture of Top Cow Productions and Heroes and Villains Entertainment.-History:Tracker premiered at the San Diego Comic-Con International Convention in 2009...

    , a five book miniseries by Top Cow Productions and Heroes and Villains Entertainment
  • Tracker (film)
    Tracker (film)
    Tracker is a 2011 British-New Zealand action-thriller film set in 1903 New Zealand, directed by Ian Sharp and starring Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison.-Story:...

    , a 2010 film from New Zealand, starring Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison
  • Tracker (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
  • Tracker (TV series)
    Tracker (TV series)
    Tracker is a 2001 Canadian science fiction television series starring Adrian Paul and Amy Price-Francis. The series is based on a short story by Gil Grant and Jeannine Renshaw...

    , a television series starring Adrian Paul and Geraint Wyn Davies
  • The Tracker
    The Tracker
    The Tracker is an Australian drama film produced in 2002. It was directed and written by Rolf de Heer. It is a set in 1922 in outback Australia where a racist white colonial policeman used the tracking ability of an Indigenous Australian tracker to find the murderer of a white woman...

    , a 2002 Australian film

Computers

  • Motion tracking
    Match moving
    In cinematography, match moving is a visual-effects, cinematic techniques that allows the insertion of computer graphics into live-action footage with correct position, scale, orientation, and motion relative to the photographed objects in the shot...

     computer systems which follow the motions of an actor to allow those motions to be used in computer animation
  • Tracker (music software)
  • MetaTracker, a search utility for Unix-like systems
  • BitTorrent tracker
    BitTorrent tracker
    A BitTorrent tracker is a server that assists in the communication between peers using the BitTorrent protocol. It is also, in the absence of extensions to the original protocol, the only major critical point, as clients are required to communicate with the tracker to initiate downloads...

    , a server that directs the BitTorrent downloads and uploads
  • OpenTracker
    OpenTracker
    OpenTracker is the open source version of the Tracker file manager for BeOS-compatible operating systems.Be Inc. developed the original Tracker for their operating system, BeOS. In 2000, prior to selling all of their assets to Palm, Inc., Be Inc. open-sourced some of their software, including Tracker...

    , the file manager and desktop in the BeOS
  • Tracker (File manager)
    Tracker (File manager)
    Haiku Tracker is the File manager of the Haiku operating system. It is somewhat similar to Finder on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, as Tracker is said to be quite familiar.Haiku Tracker is based on OpenTracker which in turn is based on Tracker found in the BeOS....

    , the file manager and desktop in the Haiku operating system
  • An issue tracking system
    Issue tracking system
    An issue tracking system is a computer software package that manages and maintains lists of issues, as needed by an organization...

     or bug tracking system
    Bug tracking system
    A bug tracking system is a software application that is designed to help quality assurance and programmers keep track of reported software bugs in their work. It may be regarded as a type of issue tracking system....

     for computer software.

See also

  • Track (disambiguation)
  • Tracking
  • Tracer
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