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black box definition

black box

  1. an intricate, compact electronic component or device, such as a flight recorder, that can be quickly connected or disconnected as a unit
  2. 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.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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