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 machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
A habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community.
A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.
A person who does not seem to have any emotions.
An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.