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sandboxed

sandboxed is the simple past and past participle of sandbox.

Meaning of sandbox

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.
    • 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.2011, Richard Wagner, Building Facebook Applications For Dummies
  2. (broadly, intransitive, transitive) To brainstorm; to prototype.
    • Their team has been sandboxing some ideas recently.

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Questions about sandboxed

What is sandboxed the simple past and past participle of?
Sandboxed is the simple past and past participle of sandbox.

Words near sandboxed in the dictionary

  1. sandbox
  2. sandbox game
  3. sandbox games
  4. sandbox tree
  5. sandbox trees
  6. sandboxed
  7. sandboxer
  8. sandboxers
  9. sandboxes
  10. sandboxing
  11. sandboy

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