Meaning of Tracker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
   agent, form-of
2. A person employed to follow and monitor a political rival.
   US
3. In an organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.
4. A type of computer software for composing music by aligning notes or samples on parallel timelines.
5. A musician who writes music in a tracker.
6. A computer program that monitors something.
7. Server software that coordinates peers in the BitTorrent protocol.
8. A tracker mortgage.

Equivalents

Examples

“On Friday night, eight US Air Force⟳ KC-135 Stratotankers took off from Altus, Oklahoma, according to data from FlightRadar24. Over Kansas the tankers refueled two groups of planes, identified on air traffic control⟳ audio by their callsigns MYTEE11 FLT and MYTEE21 FLT. The callsign MYTEE has previously been associated with special activity flights by B-2 bombers, and multiple flight trackers on social media said the planes being refueled were B-2 bombers out of Whiteman Air Force⟳ Base⟳ in Missouri.”

“While she and Mr. Fetterman were often in different places, she would turn⟳ up at events early so she could shoot⟳ and post⟳ photos of the crowds, the lines, the people. At most events there was a tracker: a guy from the Oz team who monitored the goings-on.”

“Trackers have⟳ broken out of the demoscene, are are^([sic]) now in use⟳ by thousands of professional musicians. It's not uncommon to hear⟳ about people using trackers on DJ forums, and electronic music production communities[…]”

“Although there were a few game companies outside the Amiga scene that used a tracker format (Epic Mega-Games, for instance), the majority used the better-supported MIDI.”

“At the time, tracking chiptunes (i.e. using trackers) was the fundamental method of chipmusic-making.”

“You can always find⟳ musicians. There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined.”

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