صندوق أسود

Arabic

Etymology

Calque of English black box.

Noun

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

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