Record vs Tracker - What's the difference?

In computing terms the difference between record and tracker

is that record is a set of data relating to a single individual or item while tracker is a computer program that monitors something.

As nouns the difference between record and tracker

is that record is an item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium while tracker is one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.

As a verb record

is to make a record of information.

record

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from recorder. See .

Noun

(en noun)

An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

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The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.

The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.

Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.

We have no record of you making this payment to us.

A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.

I still like records better than CDs.

(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.

The heat and humidity were both new records .

The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.

Synonyms

* log * (information put into a lasting physical medium) * (vinyl disk) disc/disk * (most extreme known value)

Derived terms

* activation record * for the record * of record * on record * off the record * on the record * record-breaking * public record * world record

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To make a record of information.

I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.

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Specifically, to make an audio or video recording of.

Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.

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(legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.

When the deed was recorded , we officially owned the house.

To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.

To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.

(ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.

(Shakespeare)

* W. Browne

whether the birds or she recorded best

* Fairfax

They longed to see the day, to hear the lark / Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.

(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

* Fuller

Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.

Derived terms

* recordable * recorder * recording

Antonyms

* (make a record of information) erase * (make an audio or video recording of) erase

tracker

English

Noun

(en noun)

One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.

In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.

(computing) A type of computer software for composing music by aligning samples on parallel timelines.

* 2004 , "dilvie", new.scene.org'' (on newsgroup ''alt.music.mods )

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

* 2008 , Karen Collins, Game sound

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.

(computing) A musician who writes music in a tracker.

* 1999 , "Adrian Dunn", Re: Using a scanned picture in your demo'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos )

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

(computing) A computer program that monitors something.

# (file sharing) Server software that coordinates peers in the BitTorrent protocol.

(finance) A tracker mortgage.

Derived terms

* startracker