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black box
Word definitions for black box in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In science, computing, and engineering, a black box is a device, system or object which can be viewed in terms of its inputs and outputs (or transfer characteristics ), without any knowledge of its internal workings. Its implementation is "opaque" (black). ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A second later there was a loud click and buzz which could only be the black box alarm being activated. ▪ Accident investigators have found the black box flight recorder. ▪ It was a small black box , rather like the Thing, mounted ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1947, RAF slang for "navigational instruments;" later extended to any sort of apparatus that operates in a sealed container. Especially of flight recorders from c.1964.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Black box \Black" box`\ (bl[a^]k"b[o^]ks`), n. any electronic instrument or part of an instrument whose function is defined, but which is treated as a unit without consideration of the internal mechanisms; broadly, any device whose internal workings are ...
Usage examples of black box.
Rick saw one of the crowd near Zircon lift a black box, and then came the terrible, deafening blast of Susie's scream!
Ears flattened, she scrambled out of her cushions and retrieved the small black box from behind a tapestry depicting Jhii First-Mother, then punched the button to silence it.
One of the assistants handed me a small black box with dials and buttons on it, as well as a transparent bulge that contained a free-floating needle.
Taking her outburst for his cue, the ImpSec captain rose and carried his case over to the comconsole in the corner by the dining ell, opened it, and plugged an ImpSec standard black box into the side of the machine.
Her armsmen's formality and her own change of demeanor made McKeon's nerves tingle, and he untied the ribbon and quickly ripped away the wrapping to reveal the simple black box under it.
But he was attired in a Roman toga, and he wore a small, black box where his laurel wreath ought to have been.
The Human female touched the small black box, at its customary place on one corner of the table.