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sandboxing

sandboxing is the present participle and gerund 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 sandboxing

What is sandboxing the present participle and gerund of?
Sandboxing is the present participle and gerund of sandbox.

Words near sandboxing in the dictionary

  1. sandbox trees
  2. sandboxed
  3. sandboxer
  4. sandboxers
  5. sandboxes
  6. sandboxing
  7. sandboy
  8. sandboys
  9. sandbreak
  10. sandbreaks
  11. sandbugger

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