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feedback loop

–noun Computers, Electronics.
the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
Compare closed loop.


Origin:
1980–85
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feedback loop  
n.  The section of a control system that allows for feedback and self-correction and that adjusts its operation according to differences between the actual output and the desired output.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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