Blackbox

German

Etymology

From English black box.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛkˌbɔks/

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Noun

Blackbox f (genitive Blackbox, plural Blackboxen or Blackboxes)

1. (aviation) black box; flight recorder

Usage notes

• Blackbox refers especially to the protective box, while Flugschreiber refers especially to the recorders inside of it. Hence, die Blackbox bergen (“to recover the black box”), but den Flugschreiber auswerten (“to analyse the flight recorder”). Nevertheless, both terms are also used interchangeably.
• While the simplex Box has only the Germanised plural Boxen, the compound Blackbox also uses the English plural in -es.

Synonyms

• Flugschreiber