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2 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: feedback n 1: the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input 2: response to an inquiry or experiment From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: feedbackPart of a system output presented at its input. Feedback may be unintended. When used as a design feature, the output is usually transformed by passive components which attenuate it in some manner; the result is then presented at the system input. Feedback is positive or negative, depending on the sign with which a positive change in the original input reappears after transformation. Negative feedback was invented by Black to stabilise {vacuum tube} amplifiers. The behaviour becomes largely a function of the feedback transformation and only minimally a function of factors such as transistor gain which are imperfectly known Positive feedback can lead to instability; it finds wide application in the construction of oscillators. Feedback can be used to control a system, as in {feedback control}. (1996-01-02)
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