Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Looping \Loop"ing\, n. [Cf. D. loopen to run. Cf. {Loop} a mass
   of iron, {Leap}.] (Metal.)
   The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass,
   when the ore is only heated for calcination.

Looping \Loop"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n.
   of {Loop}.

   {Looping snail} (Zo["o]l.), any species of land snail of the
      genus {Truncatella}; -- so called because it creeps like
      the measuring worms.

Loop \Loop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Looped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Looping}.]
   To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; --
   often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.

Source : WordNet®

looping
     n : (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a
         given number of times or until a specified result is
         obtained; "the solution is obtained by iteration" [syn: {iteration}]