A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.
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.
A device used in phreaking that prevents the calling party from being billed for the call placed.
A type of theater characterized by a lack of decoration or complex mechanisms.
Any similar device on motor vehicles, such as rail event recorders and ship trip recorders.
To focus on the inputs and outputs without worrying about the internal complexity.
Something possessing structure or form.
An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
The act of assembling a group or structure.
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
A layer of rock of common origin.
A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.