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.
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
An installer.
The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.