Editing Tracing

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'''Tracing''' may refer to:
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==Mathematics==
* [[Curve sketching]], a process for determining the shape of a geometric curve

== Computer graphics==
* [[Image tracing]], digital image processing to convert raster graphics into vector graphics
* [[Path tracing]], a method of rendering images of three-dimensional scenes such that the global illumination is faithful to reality
* [[Ray tracing (graphics)]], techniques in computer graphics 
* [[Boundary tracing]] (also known as contour tracing), a segmentation technique that identifies the boundary pixels of the digital region

==Software engineering==
* [[Tracing (software)]], a method of debugging in computer programming
* [[System monitoring]]
* [[Application performance management]]

==Physics==
* [[Ray tracing (physics)]], a method for calculating the path of waves or particles
* [[Dye tracing]], tracking various flows using dye added to the liquid in question

==Other uses==
* [[Tracing (art)]], copying an object or drawing, especially with the use of translucent [[tracing paper]]
* [[Tracing (criminology)]], determining crime scene activity from [[trace evidence]] left at crime scenes
* [[Tracing (law)]], a legal process by which a claimant demonstrates what has happened to their property
* [[Anterograde tracing]], and [[Retrograde tracing]], biological research techniques used to map the connections of neurons
* [[Call tracing]], a procedure that permits an entitled user to be informed about the routing of data for an established connection
* [[Family Tracing and Reunification]], a process whereby disaster response teams locate separated family members
* [[Tracking and tracing]], a process of monitoring the location and status of property in transit
* Curve tracing, a method for analyzing the characteristics of semiconductors; see [[Semiconductor curve tracer]]
* Tracing (as with a gun or camera), tracking an object, as with the use of [[tracer ammunition]]
* [[Contact tracing]], finding and identifying people in contact with someone with an infectious disease

==See also==
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* [[Trace (disambiguation)]]
* [[Tracer (disambiguation)]]
* [[Tracking (disambiguation)]]

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