Monitoring vs. Tracking — What's the Difference?

One that admonishes, cautions, or reminds, especially with respect to matters of conduct.

The placing of students in any of several courses of study according to ability, achievement, or needs. Also called ability grouping.

A pupil who assists a teacher in routine duties.

The position of a magnetic tape as it moves across magnetic heads, as in a VCR.

A usually electronic device used to record, regulate, or control a process or system.

The lateral pressure of a phonograph needle as it tracks in a groove.

A video display or speaker used in a production studio to check audio or video quality

The act or process by which something is tracked.

(Computers)A device that accepts video signals from a computer and displays information on a screen; a video display.

(typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing.

(Computers)A program that observes, supervises, or controls the activities of other programs.

(education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level.

An articulated device holding a rotating nozzle with which a jet of water is regulated, used in mining and firefighting.

Present participle of track

A heavily ironclad warship of the 19th century with a low, flat deck and one or more gun turrets.

The pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind

A modern warship designed for coastal bombardment.

See monitor lizard.

To check the quality or content of (an electronic audio or visual signal) by means of a receiver.

To check by means of an electronic receiver for significant content, such as military, political, or illegal activity

To keep track of systematically with a view to collecting information

To test or sample, especially on a regular or ongoing basis

To keep close watch over; supervise

To direct.

To act as a monitor.

Present participle of monitor

The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.

The act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it);