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black box
- an intricate, compact electronic component or device, such as a flight recorder, that can be quickly connected or disconnected as a unit
- anything having a complex function that can be observed but whose inner workings are mysterious or unknown
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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