Track or Tracks may refer to:

Routes or imprints

Ancient trackway Historic roads (historic trails in USA and Canada) are paths or routes that have historical importance due to their use over a period of time. Examples exist from prehistoric times until the early 20th century. They include ancient trackways ...

, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity * Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across *

Desire path A desire path (often referred to as a desire line in transportation planning), also known as a game trail, social trail, fishermen trail, herd path, cow path, elephant path, goat track, pig trail, use trail and bootleg trail, is an unplanned sma ...

, a line worn by people taking the shortest/most convenient route across fields, parks or woods *

Forest track Forest tracks or forest roads are roads or tracks intended to carry motorised vehicles or horse-drawn wagons being used mainly or exclusively for forestry purposes, such as conservation or logging. Forest tracks may be open to ramblers or mountain ...

, a track (unpaved road) or trail through a forest *

Fossil trackway A fossil track or ichnite (Greek "''ιχνιον''" (''ichnion'') – a track, trace or footstep) is a fossilized footprint. This is a type of trace fossil. A fossil trackway is a sequence of fossil tracks left by a single organism. Over the yea ...

, a type of trace fossil, usually preserving a line of animal footprints *

Trackway Historic roads (historic trails in USA and Canada) are paths or routes that have historical importance due to their use over a period of time. Examples exist from prehistoric times until the early 20th century. They include ancient trackways ...

, an ancient route of travel or track used by animals *

Trail A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or small road usually passing through a natural area. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a path or footpath is the preferred term for a pedestrian or hiking trail. ...

* Vineyard track, a land estate (defined by law) meant for the growing of vine grapes

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Tracks'' (1976 film), an American film starring Dennis Hopper * ''Tracks'' (2003 film), a 2003 animated short film * ''Tracks'' (2013 film), an Australian film starring Mia Wasikowska * ''The Track'' (film), a 1975 French thriller–drama film

Literature

* ''Tracks'' (novel), written by Native American author Louise Erdrich * ''Tracks'', a 1980 book by Australian writer

Robyn Davidson Robyn Davidson (born 6 September 1950) is an Australian writer best known for her 1980 book ''Tracks'', about her 2,700 km (1,700 miles) trek across the deserts of Western Australia using camels. Her career of travelling and writing about ...

, source of the 2013 film in the section above * ''The Tracks'', a young adult novel series by J. Gabriel Gates and Charlene Keel

Music

Track Records Track Record (a.k.a. Track Records) was founded in 1966 in London by Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, then managers of the rock group The Who. It was one of the first British-owned independent record labels in the United Kingdom. The most succe ...

, a record label founded in 1966 in London, England

Albums

* ''Tracks'' (Oscar Peterson album), 1970 * ''Tracks'' (Liverpool Express album), 1976 * ''Tracks'' (Bruce Springsteen album), 1998 * ''Tracks'' (Collin Raye album), 2000

Songs

* "Track #1", the original title of " Stinkfist", at the time of its release to avoid removal from the band Tool * "Tracks", by Gary Numan on his album '' The Pleasure Principle'' * "Tracks", by Juliana Hatfield on her album ''

Wild Animals Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous to game: those birds and mammals that were hunted fo ...

'' * "Tracks", by Roam on their album ''

Backbone The backbone is the vertebral column of a vertebrate. Arts, entertainment, and media Film * ''Backbone'' (1923 film), a 1923 lost silent film starring Alfred Lunt * ''Backbone'' (1975 film), a 1975 Yugoslavian drama directed by Vlatko Gilić ...

Music production

* Audio signal or Audio channel, recorded in a recording studio *

Music track An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

, a recorded piece of music

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Tracks (''Law & Order: UK''), an episode on the television series ''Law and Order: UK'' * ''Tracks'' (magazine), Australian surf magazine * ''

Tracks – The Train Set Game ''Tracks – The Train Set Game'', commonly referred to as ''Tracks'', is an indie simulation video game developed by British indie studio Whoop Games and published by Excalibur Publishing for Microsoft Windows. Originally released onto Itch.i ...

'', a 2017 video game developed by Whoop Games, commonly referred to as ''Tracks'' *

Tracks (Transformers) ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transforme ...

, a Transformers character * "Tracks", an episode of the television series ''

Zoboomafoo ''Zoboomafoo'' is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS from January 25, 1999, to June 7, 2001. It was formerly shown in public television (depending on the area) and was regularly shown on Sprout unt ...

Electronics and computing

Track (optical disc) On an optical disc, a track ( CD) or title ( DVD) is a subdivision of its content. Specifically, it is a consecutive set of ''sectors'' (called "timecode frames" on audio tracks) on the disc containing a block of data. One ''session'' may con ...

, consecutive set of sectors on the disc containing a block of data *

Track (disk drive) {{Unreferenced, date=November 2009 A disk drive track is a circular path on the surface of a disk or diskette on which information is magnetically recorded and from which recorded information is read. A track is a physical division of data in a d ...

, a circular path on the surface of a disk or diskette on which information is recorded and read * Tracks in

magnetic stripe card The term digital card can refer to a physical item, such as a memory card on a camera, or, increasingly since 2017, to the digital content hosted as a virtual card or cloud card, as a digital virtual representation of a physical card. They share ...

Sport

* All-weather

running track An all-weather running track is a rubberized, artificial running surface for track and field athletics. It provides a consistent surface for competitors to test their athletic ability unencumbered by adverse weather conditions. Historically, v ...

, a rubberized surface for track and field competitions * Cinder track, generally a refined dirt running track for track and field competitions * First tracks, in

winter sport Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice. Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold are ...

s, cutting through fresh snow or ice before anyone else does *

List of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks There are a total of seventeen bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks around the world in use for competitions in winter bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton, including the Yanqing track in China built to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. All of the current t ...

Long track speed skating 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, ...

Race track A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing). A race track also may feature grandstands or concourses. Race tracks are also use ...

Tartan track Tartan Track is a trademarked all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane used for track and field competitions, manufactured by 3M. It lets athletes compete in bad weather without serious performance loss and improves their resu ...

, a brand of all-weather running track that has become genericized * The Track, a multi-use stadium in Saint Sampson, Guernsey *

Track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athletics *

Track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it ...

Velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate easement ...

, a track for bicycles, track cycling competitions

Transportation

Track (rail transport) A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track ( American English), also known as permanent way or simply track, is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepe ...

, metal tracks on which trains ride **

Track gauge In rail transport, track gauge (in American English, alternatively track gage) is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. All vehicles on a rail network must have wheelsets that are compatible with the track gauge. Since many ...

, the distance between rails * Bus track, a track for certain buses, like the

O-Bahn Guided buses are buses capable of being steered by external means, usually on a dedicated track or roll way that excludes other traffic, permitting the maintenance of schedules even during rush hours. Unlike trolleybuses or rubber-tired tra ...

buses *

Axle track In automobiles (and other wheeled vehicles which have two wheels on an axle), the axle track is the distance between the hub flanges on an axle. Wheel track, track width or simply track refers to the distance between the centerline of two wheels ...

, the distance between centres of roadwheels on an axle of a motor vehicle * Continuous track, a belt providing motive traction for a tracked vehicle such as a tank or a bulldozer *

Course (navigation) In navigation, the course of a watercraft or aircraft is the cardinal direction in which the craft is to be steered. The course is to be distinguished from the '' heading'', which is the direction where the watercraft's bow or the aircraft's no ...

, the path a vessel or aircraft plots over the surface of the Earth **

Ground track A ground track or ground trace is the path on the surface of a planet directly below an aircraft's or satellite's trajectory. In the case of satellites, it is also known as a suborbital track, and is the vertical projection of the satellite's ...

, the path on the surface of the Earth directly below an aircraft or satellite ** Ocean track, in

flight planning Flight planning is the process of producing a flight plan to describe a proposed aircraft flight. It involves two safety-critical aspects: fuel calculation, to ensure that the aircraft can safely reach the destination, and compliance with air tr ...

, the path of an aircraft as determined by heading, slip, and wind effects

Other uses

Conference track An academic conference or scientific conference (also congress, symposium, workshop, or meeting) is an event for researchers (not necessarily academics) to present and discuss their scholarly work. Together with academic or scientific journals a ...

, a group of talks on a certain topic that are usually made in parallel with others * Tracks Inc (Tracks Dance Theatre), based in Darwin, Australia * Recording of one

song A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetit ...

or piece of music