Usually means: Isolating applications to enhance security.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sandboxing, sandboxing: Wordnik
  2. sandboxing: Wiktionary
  3. Sandboxing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technopedia (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sandboxing, sandboxing: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sandbox as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sandbox)

noun:  (US, Canada) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
noun:  A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
noun:  A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
noun:  An animal's litter box.
noun:  (rail transport) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
noun:  (computing) An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.
noun:  (wiki jargon) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
noun:  (US, military, slang, usually "The Sandbox") The Middle East.
verb:  (computing, transitive) To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.
verb:  (by extension, transitive, intransitive) To brainstorm; to prototype.
▸ Also see sandbox


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