Black Box

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Black box An abstraction of a device or system in which only its externally visible behaviour is considered and not its implementation or "inner workings". See also functional testing. (1997-07-03). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace	1. In engineering design, a unit whose output is a specified function of the input, but for which the method of converting input to output is not necessarily specified.2. Colloquially, any unit, usually an electronic device such as an amplifier, which can be mounted in, or removed from, a rocket, spacecraft, or the like as a single package. (references)
Mining	A separate and self-contained electronic unit or element of an electronicdevice which can be treated as a single package. (references)
Slang in 1811	BLACK BOX. A lawyer. Cant. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Black box

A black box is a system where we have a well defined understanding of its inputs and output characteristics, but no idea what's going on inside.

There are several main senses:

In electronics, a sealed piece of replaceable equipment - see Line replaceable unit.
In aircraft, the flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders, that record aircraft and pilot behavior in order to analyze accidents are called "black boxes" by the news media. (Even though they are actually bright orange in colour, they were black when originally introduced.)
In philosophy and mathematics - see black box theory.
Black Box is a game which simulates shooting lasers into a black box to deduce the locations of mirrors hidden inside. It has been sold as a board game, and there are also numerous computer implementations for many different platforms.
Phone Phreaking, the Black Box was a particular kind of device built by phone phreaks during the 1960s and 1970s to defeat toll charges.
In computer programming and software engineering, black box testing is used to check that the output of a program is as expected given certain inputs. The term black box is used because the actual program being executed is not examined.

Also See

Black Box, the theatrical term.
Blackbox - a window manager that works on X Window System platforms.

Modern Usage: Black Box

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I hope they can find the little black box. (Batman Forever; writing credit: Bob Kane; Lee Batchler)
Movie/TV Titles	Black box affair: il mondo trema (1966) The Black Box (1915) Black Box (1998)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Black Box

Domain	Title
References	Black Box Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Black Box (Vintage International) (reference) Breaking the Black Box (reference) Handbook of Drugs with Black Box Warning (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Black Box - Filmpolitischer Informationsdienst (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Black Box [Torture Garden/Leng Tch'e] [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) The Black Box Aesthetic (reference) The Worst of Black Box Recorder (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: Black Box

Usage in Company Names: Black Box

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Black Box

Modern Translations: Black Box

Language		Translations for "black box"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		black-box, black box, sort kasse. (various references)

Dutch		black box (crash recorder, flight data recorder), zwarte doos (crash recorder, dark box, flight data recorder). (various references)

Finnish		musta laatikko. (various references)

French		boite noire, boîte noire, black box, enregistreur d'accident. (various references)

German		black Box, schwarzer Kasten (crash recorder), flugschreiber (flight data recorder), FDS, Fahrdatenspeicher, "schwarzer kasten" (crash recorder). (various references)

Greek		μαύρο κουτί. (various references)

Italian		scatola nera (crash recorder). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ブラウン管 (black, Black Africa, black chamber, black coffee, black comedy, black ghetto, black hole, black humor, black journalism, black magic, black market, black Monday, black money, Black Panther, black pepper, Black Power, black shaft, black tie, blackjack, blacklist, blackout, bland, blank, blanket, blanket area, blood bank, blood elite, bra, bra cup, bracket, Brad Pitt, branch, brand, brand image, brand loyalty, brandy, brass, brass-band, brasserie, brassie, brassiere, Bratislava, bravo, Brazil, brothers, brunch, brush, brush back pitch, brushy, Brussels, cathode-ray tube). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ブラックボックス . (various references)

Pig Latin		ackblay oxbay

Portuguese		caixa-preta, caixa preta, caixa negra (crash recorder, flight data recorder). (various references)

Russian		черный ящик. (various references)

Spanish		caja negra (crash recorder). (various references)

Swedish		black box, svart låda (flight recorder), färdskrivare (flight recorder, tachograph). (various references)

Turkish		kara kutu (flight recorder). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Black Box

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-b-c-k-l-o-x"
	-3 letters: black, block, cabob, cloak, coxal, kabob.
	-4 letters: back, balk, blab, blob, bloc, bock, bola, calk, calo, calx, coal, coax, cobb, cola, coxa, kola, lack, loca, lock.
	-5 letters: abo, alb, bal, boa, bob, box, cab, cob, col, cox, kab, koa, kob, lab, lac, lax, lob, lox, oak, oca, oka.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: Black Box

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 6C 61 63 6B 42 6F 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01000010 01101111 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#108 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#32 &#66 &#111 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 006C 0061 0063 006B 0042 006F 0078

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Formations near the Black Box, San Rafael Swell.Credit: Jerry Sintz.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Country	Name
USA	Black Box Corporation
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
cable black box	1,750	tv black box	7
black box	1,060	black box recording	7
black box recorder	68	cable tv black box	7
black box testing	47	black box linux	7
black box corporation	34	black box earth shoes wi	7
car black box	34	black box decker tool	6
digital cable black box	30	airline black box safety	6
black box digital	27	black box investing	6
black box car in	26	airplane black box	6
black box corp	23	black box vehicle	6
automobile black box	23	black box window	6
black box network services	20	satellite black box	6
darwins black box	16	black box development	6
black box theater	15	black box lyrics	6
auto black box	12	black box electronics	6
black box game	11	black box earth shoes wisconsin	5
black box collector	9	black box cheat stone x	5
black box network	8	make a black box	5
black box earth shoes	8	black box box testing white	5
automotive black box	8	black box inc	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Black Box

Definition: Black Box

Black Box

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Black Box

Specialty Definition: Black box

Also See

Crosswords: Black Box

Modern Usage: Black Box

Screenplays

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Black Box

References

Books

Periodicals

Music

Photo Album: Black Box

Usage in Company Names: Black Box

Black Box Corporation

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Black Box

Modern Translations: Black Box

Danish

Dutch

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Anagrams: Black Box

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Black Box

42 6C 61 63 6B 42 6F 78

01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01000010 01101111 01111000

&#66 &#108 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#32 &#66 &#111 &#120

0042 006C 0061 0063 006B 0042 006F 0078

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