A circle, cycle, story, metaphor or representation that goes back to its own beginning, so that it loops back (feeds back) onto itself An open loop: a story left unfinished A closed loop: finishing a story In strategies: loop refers to getting hung up in a set of procedures that have no way out, the strategy fails to exit
Programming constructs that support repetitive execution of one or more statements C/C++ has while, do-while, and for loops
The number of loops in a towel determines its drying ability The more loops, the greater the absorbency A cotton loop in a towel is termed a "terry loop "