Track

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Contents 1 In electronics and computing 2 In entertainment 2.1 In music 2.2 In other entertainment 3 In sports 4 In transportation 5 See also

Track or Tracks may refer to:

• Trail, an informal road or pathway
  • Animal tracks, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walk across
  • Trackway, an ancient route of travel or track used by animals

[edit] In electronics and computing

• Track (CD), consecutive set of sectors on the disc containing a block of data
• Track (disk drive), a circular path on the surface of a disk or diskette on which information is recorded and read

[edit] In entertainment

[edit] In music

• A recorded musical piece
• One section of a multitrack recording
• A time-sequential portion of a Standard Musical Instrument Digital Interface File
• Soundtrack, the music accompanying a visual medium
• Tracks (Bruce Springsteen album), 1998
• Tracks (Collin Raye album), 2000
• Tracks (Bomb The Bass & Jack Dangers album), 1998
• Tracks (Oscar Peterson album), 1970
• "Tracks", a song by Gary Numan on his album The Pleasure Principle
• Track Records, a record label founded in 1966 in London, England

[edit] In other entertainment

• Tracks (1976 film), starring Dennis Hopper
• Tracks (magazine), monthly Australian surf
• Tracks (novel), written by Native American author Louise Erdrich
• Tracks (Transformers), a Transformers character
• Tracks Inc (Tracks Dance Theatre) based in Darwin, Australia

[edit] In sports

• Track cycling, a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks
• Track and field athletics, a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping
• Race track, purpose-built facility for the conducting of races
• Cricket pitch, the central strip of a cricket field between the wickets

[edit] In transportation

• Course (navigation), the path a vessel or aircraft plots over the surface of the Earth
  • Ground track, the path on the surface of the Earth directly below an aircraft or satellite
  • Ocean track, in flight planning, the path of an aircraft as determined by heading, slip, and wind effects
• Rail tracks, metal tracks on which trains ride
  • Rail gauge, the distance between rail tracks
• Continuous track, a belt providing motive traction for a tracked vehicle such as a tank or a bulldozer
• Axle track, the distance between centres of roadwheels on an axle of a motor vehicle
• A trail

[edit] See also

• Tracker (disambiguation)
• Tracking
• TRAC (disambiguation)
• Track & Trace
• Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS)

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