closed-loop

closed loop

noun Computers, Electronics.
the complete path followed by a signal as it is fed back from the output of a circuit, device, or system to the input and then back to the output.
Compare feedback loop.

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Closed-loop is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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closed-loop

[klohzd-loop]
adjective Engineering.
1.
of or pertaining to a processing system in which effluents are recycled, that is, treated and returned for reuse.
2.
of or pertaining to an automatic control system operating on a feedback principle. Compare feedback (def. 2).

Origin:
1950–55
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