voyage data recorder

English

Noun

voyage data recorder (plural voyage data recorders)

  1. A recording device aboard a ship, which may record wheelhouse audio, rudder directives, speed commands, heading, position, etc.
    Synonym: VDR (initialism)
    Hypernym: black box
    Coordinate terms: event recorder (railroading), event data recorder (trucking), flight recorder (aviation)
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