What is the meaning of track?

(DoD) A series of related contacts displayed on a data display console or other display device.
(DoD) To display or record the successive positions of a moving object.
(DoD) To lock onto a point of radiation and obtain guidance therefrom.
(DoD) To keep a gun properly aimed, or to point continuously a target-locating instrument at a moving target.
(DoD) The actual path of an aircraft above or a ship on the surface of the Earth. The course is the path that is planned; the track is the path that is actually taken.
(DoD) A metal part forming a path for a moving object; e.g., the track around the inside of a vehicle for moving a mounted machine gun.
(DoD) One of the two endless belts on which a full-track or half-track vehicle runs.
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APAMilitary Dictionary (DoD). (2011). track. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/track/definitions/1964473
ChicagoMilitary Dictionary (DoD). 2011. "track" http://smartdefine.org/track/definitions/1964473 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardMilitary Dictionary (DoD) 2011, track, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/track/definitions/1964473>.
MLAMilitary Dictionary (DoD). "track" 4 April 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/track/definitions/1964473>
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