black box

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flight recorder; the brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft designed to aid in determining the cause of an accident. informal
    — scrutinizing all utterances recorded by the black box
  2. Any similar device on motor vehicles, such as rail event recorders and ship trip recorders. broadly
    — the pilothouse's analogue of an airliner's black box
  3. A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.
    — The authentication method and its details can be treated as a black box for purposes of this security architecture overview.
  4. A device used in phreaking that prevents the calling party from being billed for the call placed.
  5. A type of theater characterized by a lack of decoration or complex mechanisms. attributive
  6. Synonym of football (“the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President”)
动词 v.
  1. To focus on the inputs and outputs without worrying about the internal complexity. transitive

词形变化

black boxes plural blackbox alternative black boxes present,singular,third-person black boxing participle,present black boxed participle,past black boxed past blackbox alternative

词源

词源 1
* Since c. 1945 in both main senses (that is, event recorders and objects with unknown innards), which are historically related to each other; for details, see black box § History and flight recorder § Terminology.
* (a type of theater): Such theaters are often painted black.
词源 2
* Since c. 1945 in both main senses (that is, event recorders and objects with unknown innards), which are historically related to each other; for details, see black box § History and flight recorder § Terminology.
* (a type of theater): Such theaters are often painted black.
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