صندوق أسود

Arabic

Etymology

Calque of English black box.

Noun

صُنْدُوق أَسْوَد or صَنْدُوق أَسْوَد • (ṣundūq ʔaswad or ṣandūq ʔaswadm (plural صَنَادِيق سَوْدَاء (ṣanādīq sawdāʔ))

  1. black box (cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder)
  2. black box (device with known inputoutput relation but unspecified internal operation)