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Feedback

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˈfiːdbæk/nounCore term

In software engineering, feedback means: The signal a system gives in response to a user's action, such as a button changing colour, a loading spinner or a success message, so people know what happened.

In Turkish: geri bildirim, sistem geri bildirimi

How it is used

A basic principle of interaction design: every action should get clear, quick feedback. The same word also means comments on someone's work: designers give, get and ask for feedback in reviews.

Example sentences

  1. There's no feedback after tapping 'Upload', so people tap it three times.

  2. Can you give me some feedback on these two layouts before the review?

Common collocations

  • visual feedback
  • instant feedback
  • give feedback
  • feedback message
  • microinteractionA small, single-purpose moment of interaction with its own feedback, such as liking a post, switching a toggle or a field shaking after a wrong password.
  • interaction designThe part of design that decides how a product behaves when people use it: what happens when they tap, type, swipe or wait, and how the system responds.
  • error messageText that a program shows when something goes wrong, saying what failed and sometimes why, for example 'File not found' or 'Connection refused'.
  • design critiqueA meeting where designers show work in progress and colleagues give structured, honest feedback on whether the design meets its goals.

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