Any similar device on motor vehicles, such as rail event recorders and ship trip recorders.
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.
A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.
To focus on the inputs and outputs without worrying about the internal complexity.
Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
A mental, physical, or chemical process.
The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.