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  • 11black box — n informal a piece of equipment on an aircraft that records what happens on a flight and can be used to discover the cause of accidents = ↑flight recorder …

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  • 12black box — noun count 1. ) a piece of equipment in an airplane used for recording details about a flight, especially to try to find out the cause of a problem or crash: FLIGHT RECORDER 2. ) INFORMAL a computer or similar piece of equipment that performs a… …

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  • 13black box — 1947, RAF slang for navigational instruments; later extended to any sort of apparatus that operates in a sealed container. Especially of flight recorders from c.1964 …

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  • 14black box — (izg. blȅk bȍks) m DEFINICIJA term. uređaj koji snima podatke automatskog pogona i razgovore u pilotskoj kabini i na temelju toga omogućuje rekonstrukciju leta (pokazatelj uzroka nesreće); »crna kutija« ETIMOLOGIJA engl …

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  • 15black box — ► NOUN ▪ a flight recorder in an aircraft …

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  • 16black box — n. 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… …

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  • 17Black Box — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Black Box, boîte noire en anglais, peut faire référence à : Black Box Corporation, une entreprise internationale spécialisée dans les services et… …

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  • 18Black Box EP — Infobox Album | Name = Black Box Type = EP Artist = No Use for a Name Released = Never Released Recorded = 2005 Genre = Punk rock Length = Label = Fat Wreck Chords Producer = Ryan Greene Reviews = Last album = Keep Them Confused (2005) This album …

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  • 19black box — An element in a system that is effectively opaque to those observing it. Inputs enter one end of the box and emerge, transformed, at the other. In terms of controlling the system, this may be perfectly adequate, however complex the processes… …

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  • 20black box — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms black box : singular black box plural black boxes 1) a piece of equipment in a plane used for recording details about a flight, especially to try to find out the cause of a problem or crash 2) informal a… …

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