Black Box (systems)

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In Electronics , a sealed piece of replaceable equipment; see Line-replaceable Unit .

In Computer Programming and Software Engineering , Black Box Testing is used to check that the output of a program is as expected given certain inputs. The term "black box" is used because the actual program being executed is not examined.

In Computing in general, a black box program is one where the user cannot see its inner workings (perhaps because it is a Closed Source program)

In Physics , a black box is a system whose internal structure is unknown, or need not be considered for a particular purpose. Sometimes black box is used as a synonym for Black Body .

In Copyright Law , a single-purpose device which decrypts Satellite Television signals without authorization, which removes Macrovision coding, or which otherwise serves to defeat a broadcaster's or copyright holder's policy is sometimes known as a black box; the purpose of the Anticircumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was sometimes characterized as removing these black boxes from the market.

In Mathematical Model ling, a limiting case.

In Philosophy and Psychology , the school of Behaviorism sees the human mind as a black box; see Black Box Theory .

The opposite of a black box, a system where the innards are available for inspection (such as a Free Software / Open Source program) is sometimes known as a White Box , a glass box, or a clear box.

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