feedback loop

noun

Computers, Electronics.

1. the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.

Word History and Origins

Origin of feedback loop¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Many, though, see the feedback loop between stocks and bonds continuing, noting how the rising cost of insuring against an Oracle default has gotten widespread attention on Wall Street.

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That, in turn, creates a feedback loop that kills even more trees.

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That requires limiting compulsive information seeking and disrupting the social feedback loops that sustain the preoccupation, rather than merely reducing anxiety.

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This creates a powerful feedback loop: more nutrients lead to more algae, which consume more oxygen as they decompose, which in turn releases even more nutrients.

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Memory and intelligence are distributed across noisy, redundant circuits, which excite and inhibit each other in intricate networks and feedback loops.

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