sandboxes

Noun

sandbox (plural sandboxes)

1. (Canada, US) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
   • Her children were playing in the sandbox.

   Synonyms:

   sandpit

2. A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
3. A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
4. An animal's litter box.
5. A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
   • For the most part they were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox.1941 August, “Notes and News: The Swiss South Eastern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 376
6. 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.

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