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black boxA custom-made electronic device, such as a protocol converter or encryption system. Yesterday's black boxes often become today's off-the-shelf products. See Black Box Corporation.
black box 1. a self-contained unit in an electronic or computer system whose circuitry need not be known to understand its function 2. an informal name for flight recorder black box [′blak ‚bäks] (engineering) Any component, usually electronic and having known input and output, that can be readily inserted into or removed from a specific place in a larger system without knowledge of the component's detailed internal structure.
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