n. | 1. | A mark left by something that has passed along; | |||
2. | A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint. | ||||
3. | (Zool.) The entire lower surface of the foot; - said of birds, etc. | ||||
4. | A road; a beaten path. | ||||
5. | Course; way; | ||||
6. | A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. | ||||
7. | (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails. | ||||
8. | A tract or area, as of land.
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v. t. | 1. | To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; | |||
2. | (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow. |
(storage) | track - The part of a disk which passes under one read/write head while the head is stationary. The number of tracks on a disk surface therefore corresponds to the number of different radial positions of the head(s). The collection of all tracks on all surfaces at a given radial position is known a cylinder and each track is divided into sectors. |