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trackback

trackback noun: a method to keep track of links to content, especially blog entries.

Noun

trackback (countable and uncountable, plural trackbacks)

  1. (uncountable) A method to keep track of links to content, especially blog entries.
  2. (Internet, countable) A snippet of text joined to an entry from another website linking to it.

Proper noun capitalized: TrackBack

TrackBack

  1. (Internet) A protocol for a system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another entry concerning it.

Forms of trackback

pluraltrackbacks
alternative formTrackBack

Origin of trackback

From track + back.

Questions about trackback

What does trackback mean?
Trackback means a method to keep track of links to content, especially blog entries.
What part of speech is trackback?
Trackback can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of trackback?
The plural of trackback is trackbacks.

Words near trackback in the dictionary

  1. trackable
  2. trackables
  3. trackage
  4. trackage rights
  5. trackages
  6. trackback
  7. trackbacks
  8. trackball
  9. trackballs
  10. trackbar
  11. trackbarrow

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trackback (page history and authors); TrackBack (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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