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hi,
could you please tell me the meaning of
feed back
thanks for your hekp
could you please tell me the meaning of
feed back
thanks for your hekp
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feed·back
n.
1) a)The return of a portion of the output of a process or system to the input, especially when used to maintain performance or to control a system or process.
b) The portion of the output so returned.
c) Sound created when a transducer such as a microphone or electric guitar picks up sound from a speaker connected to an amplifier and regenerates it back through the amplifier.
2) The return of information about the result of a process or activity; an evaluative response: asked the students for feedback on the new curriculum.
3) The process by which a system, often biological or ecological, is modulated, controlled, or changed by the product, output, or response it produces.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
n.
1) a)The return of a portion of the output of a process or system to the input, especially when used to maintain performance or to control a system or process.
b) The portion of the output so returned.
c) Sound created when a transducer such as a microphone or electric guitar picks up sound from a speaker connected to an amplifier and regenerates it back through the amplifier.
2) The return of information about the result of a process or activity; an evaluative response: asked the students for feedback on the new curriculum.
3) The process by which a system, often biological or ecological, is modulated, controlled, or changed by the product, output, or response it produces.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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hany said:
Unless the subject is computers or electronics, definition 2 is usually intended. If somebody says "I want some feedback on this" that means he wants to hear some opinions about it (whatever "it" might happen to be).
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