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autobox

autobox verb: to box (a value) automatically (map a primitive data item to a complex object).

Verb

autobox (third-person singular simple present autoboxes, present participle autoboxing, simple past and past participle autoboxed)

  1. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To box (a value) automatically (map a primitive data item to a complex object).

Forms of autobox

third-person singular presentautoboxes
present participleautoboxing
past participleautoboxed
pastautoboxed

Origin of autobox

From auto- + box.

Questions about autobox

What does autobox mean?
Autobox means to box (a value) automatically (map a primitive data item to a complex object).
What part of speech is autobox?
Autobox is a verb.
What is the past tense of autobox?
The past tense of autobox is autoboxed.

Words near autobox in the dictionary

  1. autobody
  2. autoboot
  3. autobooted
  4. autobooting
  5. autoboots
  6. autobox
  7. autoboxed
  8. autoboxes
  9. autoboxing
  10. autobracket
  11. autobracketed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autobox (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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