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Loop line (railway), a branch line that deviates from a direct route and rejoins it at another location; Loop route, a main route or highway that forms a closed loop; Passing loop, a short section of track that allows trains to pass on a single track route; Ring road or loop, a main route or highway that encircles a town or city
Feedback control loop, a closed-loop controller; Audio feedback, the "howl" sometimes heard in microphone or guitar amplification systems; Video feedback, the optical equivalent of audio feedback, caused when a camera films the image it is producing
Control system, a system for controlling a signal or process that may operate with an open or closed feedback loop; Control theory, the theory of control systems, which involves the analysis of feedback loops; Feedback, the effect of having the output of a system affect its input and thus have an effect on its subsequent output
A loophole is an ambiguity or inadequacy in a system, such as a law or security, which can be used to circumvent or otherwise avoid the purpose, implied or explicitly stated, of the system. Originally, the word meant an arrowslit, a narrow vertical window in a wall through which an archer (or, later, gunman) could shoot.
Cybernetics is often understood within the context of systems science, systems theory, and systems thinking. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] Systems approaches influenced by cybernetics include critical systems thinking , which incorporates the viable system model ; systemic design ; and system dynamics , which is based on the concept of causal feedback loops.
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Systems science, an interdisciplinary field that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science; System (stratigraphy), a unit of the geologic record of a rock column; Systems engineering, a field about design, integration, and management of complex systems; System of equations, a set of mathematical equations
Loop line could refer to: Uses in communications and circuits. Loop around, telephone company test circuit; Loopback, electrical or datacomm loop;