black box
Noun
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Noun
black box (plural black boxes)
- (informal, aviation) The brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft designed to aid in determining the cause of an accident.
- (transportation, by extension) Any similar device on motor vehicles, such as rail event recorders and ship trip recorders.
- A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.
- A device used in phreaking that prevents the calling party from being billed for the call placed.
- (theoretical construct or device) black box testing
- French: boîte noire
- German: Flugschreiber, Blackbox
- Italian: scatola nera, registratore di volo
- Portuguese: caixa-preta, caixa-negra
- Russian: чёрный я́щик
- Spanish: caja negra
- French: boîte noire
- German: Blackbox
- Italian: scatola nera
- Portuguese: caixa-preta, caixa-negra
- Russian: чёрный я́щик
- Spanish: caja negra
black box (black boxes, present participle black boxing; past and past participle black boxed)
- (web development) To focus on the inputs and outputs without worrying about the internal complexity.
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