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(1) The recording of an event. See tracking cookie and e-mail tracker. (2) Synchronizing a reading or writing mechanism with a rotating platter. For example, a stylus must maintain a smooth...
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Definition: tracking
(1) The recording of an event. See tracking cookie and e-mail tracker.
(2) Synchronizing a reading or writing mechanism with a rotating platter. For example, a stylus must maintain a smooth contact with the groove in a vinyl phonograph record. A laser must align itself precisely to the tracks of a CD.
(3) In desktop publishing, the consistent letterspacing of text. Tracking is used to expand or contract the amount of text on a page by expanding or reducing the amount of space between letters. It differs from kerning in that it is applied to an entire font or to a range of text, whereas kerning refers to certain letter pairs.
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