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Loopback vs Nonloopback - What's the difference?

loopback | nonloopback |

As a noun loopback

is the routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.

As an adjective nonloopback is

not of or pertaining to a loopback mechanism.

loopback

English

Noun

(wikipedia loopback)
  • The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.

    • nonloopback

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not of or pertaining to a loopback mechanism.
  • * 2005 , Daniel J Barrett, Richard E Silverman, Robert G Byrnes, SSH, the secure shell: the definitive guide?
    • To eliminate the problem, use the server's nonloopback IP address as the target; this causes the FTP server to originate data connections from that address.