black box Значение & определение

Значение на black box на български

• 0 a small machine that records information about an aircraft during its flight, used to discover the cause of an accident:

  • Analysis of the black box recovered from the crash scene suggested pilot error was not the cause.

  • They equipped all school buses with a black box.

• 1 a flight recorder

• 2 a system or process that uses information to produce a particular set of results, but that works in a way that is secret or difficult to understand:

  • The main problem with many international capital flows is that they are non-transparent - they come from, and reside within, a 'black box'.

• 3 a piece of electronic equipment used to record and store information:

  • Installation of a black box allows all emails sent and received to be monitored.

• 4 a piece of equipment on an aircraft that records the plane's movements and positions during a flight, and which can give important information if the plane has an accident:

  • The black box often holds critical clues for investigators looking for the cause of fatal plane crashes.