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[Safety definition] Maybe in the pinball community there is a tongue and cheek definition of a ground loop referring to the ground braid that loops everywhere in the cabinet to ground all metal parts for safety.
[Noise definition] In the electronics trade, we refer to a ground loop as a multi point ground in interconnected systems that generates unwanted AC noise on audio, video, and other sensitive circuits.
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