tracking

suivi, traçage

Observation des déplacements de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, ou enregistrement de son évolution dans le temps.

En anglais simple : Following where someone or something goes, or recording how it changes over time.

• The parcel has online tracking.
• Satellite tracking showed where the ship had gone.
• Our app allows tracking of your daily spending.

Comment l'utiliser : tracking of someone/something (The tracking of wild birds helps researchers understand their journeys.)

Synonymes : monitoring

Expressions courantes : tracking system, tracking of something, satellite tracking

approche, espacement des lettres

Réglage des espaces entre toutes les lettres d’un texte.

En anglais simple : The adjustment of spaces between all the letters in a piece of text.

• Increase the tracking in this heading.
• The designer adjusted the tracking to improve readability.
• Too much tracking makes the words look disconnected.

Synonymes : letter spacing

Expressions courantes : adjust tracking, increase tracking, tight tracking

regroupement par niveau

Répartition des élèves en groupes d’enseignement selon le niveau qu’on leur attribue.

En anglais simple : Separating students into teaching groups according to how able they are thought to be.

• The school uses tracking for mathematics.
• Some parents oppose tracking in primary schools.
• Tracking placed her in a class with stronger readers.

Synonymes : ability grouping, streaming

Expressions courantes : ability tracking, academic tracking, tracking in schools

synchronisation

Maintien de deux signaux ou plus en accord dans le temps ou dans leur évolution.

En anglais simple : Keeping two or more signals matched in time or in how they change.

• The circuit maintains tracking between the signals.
• Poor tracking caused the two outputs to drift apart.
• Engineers measured tracking while the signal frequency changed.

Synonymes : synchronization

Expressions courantes : signal tracking, phase tracking, accurate tracking