Data recorder

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The phrase data recorder may refer to:

  • A flight data recorder (FDR), one of two types data recording system used to collect specific aircraft performance data.
  • A voyage data recorder (VDR), a data recording system designed to collect data from various sensors on board a ship.
  • The term may also be (less accurately) used to describe a cockpit voice recorder (CVR), the second type of data recording device found onboard aircraft.

[edit] See also

  • Black box, colloquial term for a data recorder.