To focus on the inputs and outputs without worrying about the internal complexity.
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.
Any similar device on motor vehicles, such as rail event recorders and ship trip recorders.
A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price.
A stolen base.
Scoring in an end without the hammer.
A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
The act of stealing.
To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
To borrow for a short moment.
To dispossess
To convey (something) clandestinely.
To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
To acquire at a low price.
To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
To move silently or secretly.
take, plagiarize, tell on a joke, use a well-worded expression in one's own parlance or writing
To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.