In programming, a self-contained, independent subroutine or program module designed to perform a single task; the user has no knowledge of its internal structure but can use it by passing a clearly defined set of input parameters.
That module is a black box. We'll never know how it works; we only know it generates pron.
By Maryellen
Black Box
A device used by phone phreakers to fool the phone company into giving you free long distance service.
It does this by changing the voltages over the lines to a state where the phone company doesn't monitor and bill.
In transportation, the term black box refers to any of a number of systems designed to collect and preserve data for analysis after an accident, such as a flight data recorder, event recorder, or automotive event data recorder.
After the plane crash, they retrievedthe black box to reveal that there was a bug in the flight controls systems that caused the crash.
