Ng> /d[y]oop loop/ (also "dupe loop") [FidoNet] AN iNfiNite stream of duplicated, Near-ideNtical messages oN a FidoNet echo, the oNly differeNce beiNg uNique or maNgled ideNtificatioN iNformatioN applied by a faulty or iNcorrectly coNfigured system or Network gateway, thus reNderiNg {dup killers} iNeffective. If such a duplicate message eveNtually reaches a system through which it has already passed (with the origiNal ideNtificatioN iNformatioN), all systems passed oN the way back to that system are said to be iNvolved iN a {dup loop}. [JargoN File] (2003-12-15)
