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Definitions: Sandbox |
SandboxNoun1. Mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal. 2. Plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sandbox" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1853. (references) |
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Computing | Sandbox n. 1. (also `sandbox, the') Common term for the R&D department at many software and computer companies (where hackers in commercial environments are likely to be found). Half-derisive, but reflects the truth that research is a form of creative play. Compare playpen. 2. Syn. link farm. 3. A controlled environment within which potentially dangerous programs are run. Used esp. in reference to Java implementations. Source: Jargon File. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In programming, a sandbox is a limited and controlled 'space' where experimental code can be executed and the potential (or real) damaging effects of the code are limited. It is named after the sand-covered area in a children's playground where the children can play with minimal risk of injury from falling.
In Java the sandbox is a built-in feature of all applets, in an attempt to limit the possibility of damage and encourage use.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sandbox."
Synonym: SandboxSynonym: sandpile (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sandbox |
| Specialty definitions using "sandbox": salt mines, sand jack. (references) |
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Lyrics | For I was back in the sandbox playin' with toys when I spilled my Coke ("Ice Machine In The Desert"; performing artist: Brave Combo) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Up the Sandbox (1972) The Sandbox (1995) Hooray for Sandbox Land (1984) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sandbox | 859 |
sandbox automatic | 68 |
build a sandbox | 66 |
sandbox plan | 54 |
child sandbox | 43 |
building sandbox | 41 |
sandbox cover | 39 |
greeting sandbox | 36 |
sandbox sand | 29 |
sandbox sensual | 28 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sandbox"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | място с пясък за игра на деца. (various references) | |
Danish | hura (hura, possumwood, rakuda, sandbox tree). (various references) | |
Dutch | possentrie (hura, possumwood, rakuda, sandbox tree). (various references) | |
French | sablier (sandbox tree, sandglass, sandtable), possentrie (sandbox tree), assacu (sandbox tree). (various references) | |
German | Sandkasten (sand box, sand table, sandpit). (various references) | |
Hungarian | porzótartó, homokszóró láda. (various references) | |
Italian | buca della sabbia. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andboxsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | assacú (hura, possumwood, rakuda, sandbox tree), árvore-do-diabo (hura, possumwood, rakuda, sandbox tree). (various references) | |
Russian | песочница. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kutija s peskom (sandpit). (various references) | |
Spanish | salvadera, cajón de arena para juegos infantiles (sandpit), arenero (sand distributor, sander). (various references) | |
Swedish | sandlåda (grit box, sandpit). (various references) | |
Turkish | kum havuzu. (various references) | |
Ukranian | пісочниця (sander, sandpit). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Hura crepitans. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sandbox": sandboxes. (additional references) | |
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"Sandbox" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sandmo, sandook, seedbox, Shanibov, Sindobod. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sandbox" (pronounced sa"ndbÄ'ks) |
| 5 | -d b Ä' k s | breadbox. |
| 4 | -b Ä' k s | boombox, gearbox, icebox, jukebox, mailbox, matchbox, saltbox, skybox, soapbox, tinderbox. |
| 3 | -Ä' k s | aftershocks, boondocks, deadlocks, detox, equinox, feedstocks, flintlocks, heterodox, hollyhocks, matchlocks, orthodox, padlocks, paradox, peacocks, roadblocks, smallpox, spacewalks, unorthodox. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-n-o-s-x" | |
-2 letters: axons, bands, bonds, donas. | |
-3 letters: abos, ados, ands, axon, bads, band, bans, boas, bods, bond, dabs, dona, dons, nabs, naos, nobs, nods, sand, snob, soda. | |
-4 letters: abo, abs, ado, ads, and, bad, ban, bas, boa, bod, bos, box, dab, don, dos, nab, nob, nod, nos, ods, ons, sab, sad, sax, sob, sod, son, sox. | |
-5 letters: ab, ad, an, as, ax, ba, bo, do, na, no, od, on, os, ox, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-n-o-s-x" | |
+2 letters: bandboxes, sandboxes. | |
+5 letters: shadowboxing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6E 64 62 6F 78 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -. -.. -... --- -..- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100010 01101111 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a n d b o x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006E 0064 0062 006F 0078 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53678070688190 |
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