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Description
Black box is a technical term for a device or system ... viewed primarily in terms of its input and output characteristics. Almost anything might occasionally be referred to as a black box: a transistor, an algorithm, humans, the Internet. The opposite of a black box is a system where the inner components or logic are available for inspection ... sometimes known as a white box, a glass box or a clear box. Source: www.Wikipedia.org.
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Surveying is an activity that involves the science of measurement; thus, understanding the theories of mathematics and physics that undergird the measurements is fundamental. Surveyors sometimes nod and talk about how difficult it is to understand the inside workings of a GPS receiver.
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They correctly see GPS as a potential black box. But they often fail to see that almost everything they use today that involves electronics, microprocessors and software is a potential black box.
A black box can be a simple total station or a top-of-the-line robotic, reflectorless... |
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