LOOPING - Definition

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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained; "the solution is obtained by iteration"

	Synonyms:	iteration

	See Also:	process

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Loop"ing\, n. [Cf. D. loopen to run. Cf. {Loop} a mass of iron, {Leap}.] (Metal.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination. \Loop"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Loop}. {Looping snail} (Zo["o]l.), any species of land snail of the genus {Truncatella}; -- so called because it creeps like the measuring worms.

Video Dictionary

	Definition:	A term used to describe the chaining of a video signal through several video devices (distribution amplifiers, VCRs, monitors, etc.). A VCR may be hooked up to a distribution amplifier which is supplied with a video input connector and a loop output connector. When a signal is fed to the distribution amplifier, it is also fed unprocessed to the loop output connector (parallel connection) on the distribution amplifier. In turn, the same signal is fed to another device which is attached to the first one and so on. Thus a very large number of VCRs or other video devices can be looped together for multiple processing.