sandbox

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[ˈsan(d)bɒks], (Noun)

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- a shallow box or hollow in the ground partly filled with sand for children to play in; a sandpit

- a testing environment in a computer system in which new or untested software or coding can be run securely

- a box containing sand, especially one kept on a train to hold sand for sprinkling on to slippery rails

- a tropical American tree whose seed cases were formerly used to hold sand for blotting ink


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[ˈsan(d)bɒks], (Verb)

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- isolate (a piece of software) so that it can access only certain resources, programs, and files within a computer system
(e.g: the apps you install on your device are sandboxed)


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries