unboxing

English

Etymology 1

From unbox +‎ -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

unboxing

1. present participle of unbox

Etymology 2

From unbox +‎ -ing (gerundive ending).

Noun

unboxing (plural unboxings)

1. The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.
2. (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.

Antonyms

• (programming): boxing

Translations

removal of something from its box

• Finnish: purkaminen (fi), purkaminen laatikosta, purkaminen rasiasta
• French: déballage (fr)
• Greek: αποσυσκευασία (el) f (aposyskevasía)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: desembalaje m

automatic conversion of objects back to value types

• Finnish: kuorinta (fi)
• French: unboxing (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: unboxing m

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French

Noun

unboxing m (plural unboxings)

1. (object-oriented programming) unboxing

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Spanish

Noun

unboxing m (plural unboxings)

1. (object-oriented programming) unboxing