sandbox

For the Wiktionary test page, see Wiktionary:Sandbox.

See also sand box, and Sandbox

English

Etymology

sand +‎ box.

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈsændbɑks/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈsændbɒks/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sand‧box

Noun

sandbox (plural sandboxes)

Wikipedia

1. (US) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
2. A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
3. (computing) An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.

   Running a program in a sandbox can prevent it from doing any damage to the system.

4. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.

Synonyms

• (play enclosure with sand): sandpit (UK):

Translations

box with sand for children

• Catalan: sorrera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 砂箱 (cmn) (shāxiāng)

• Czech: pískoviště (cs) n
• Danish: sandkasse (da) c
• Dutch: zandbak (nl) m
• Finnish: hiekkalaatikko (fi)
• French: bac à sable (fr) m, carré de sable (fr) m
• German: Sandkasten (de) m, Sandkiste (de) f
• Greek: αμμοδόχος (el) (ammodóchos) f

• Hungarian: homokozó (hu)
• Icelandic: sandkassi (is) m
• Italian: sabbionaia (it) f, sabbiera (it) f
• Japanese: 砂場 (ja) (sunaba)
• Manx: kishtey geinnee (gv) m
• Polish: piaskownica (pl) f
• Russian: песочница (ru) (pesóčnica) f
• Slovak: pieskovisko (sk)
• Swedish: sandlåda (sv) c

wiki sandbox

• Czech: pískoviště (cs)
• Danish: sandkasse (da) c
• Dutch: zandbak (nl) m
• Finnish: hiekkalaatikko (fi)
• French: bac à sable (fr) m
• German: Spielwiese (de) f
• Greek: αμμοδοχείο (el) (ammodocheío) n

• Icelandic: sandkassi (is) m
• Japanese: サンドボックス (ja) (sando bokkusu)
• Latin: arenarium (la) n, harenarium (la) n
• Russian: песочница (pesóčnica) f
• Slovak: pieskovisko (sk)
• Swedish: sandlåda (sv) c

isolated program execution area

• Danish: sandkasse (da) c
• Finnish: hiekkalaatikko (fi)

• German: Sandbox (de) f

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 沙盒 (shāhé)
• Dutch: zandbak m (1,2)
• Korean: 모래상자 (morae-sangja)

• Luxembourgish: Sandkaul
• Norwegian: sandkasse m
• Spanish: arenero m (1)

Verb

sandbox (third-person singular simple present sandboxes, present participle sandboxing, simple past and past participle sandboxed)

1. (computing, transitive) To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.
   • 2011, Richard Wagner, Building Facebook Applications For Dummies

     Although you can use standard JavaScript and AJAX in sandboxed iframe pages to your heart's content, the Facebook Platform places restrictions over the amount of scripting capabilities you can add to the more tightly integrated FBML pages.

Derived terms

• unsandboxed