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.
A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
To move briskly, especially as a dance.
To sing to the tune of a jig.
To fish with a jig.
To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.