Sandbox

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A sandbox is a sandpit, a wide, shallow playground construction to hold sand, often made of wood or plastic.

Sandbox or sand box may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Sandbox (band), a Canadian rock music group
Sandbox (Guided by Voices album), 1987
Sandbox (Michael Houser album), 2006, or the title track
Sandbox Theatre, an experimental theatre group in Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Sandbox (play), a 1960 one-act play by Edward Albee

Video gaming

Sandbox game, a genre or mode of some video games for open-ended, nonlinear play
The Sandbox (2012 video game), a 2012 game for mobile phones
Sandbox (video game), an in-development game by Facepunch Studios
Sandbox Studios, a computer- and video-game developer
The Sandbox (company), a metaverse platform developer
Sandbox (video game editor), a game level editor for Far Cry

Computing

Sandbox (computer security), a virtual container in which untrusted programs can be safely run
Sandbox (software development), an environment in which code or content changes can be tested without affecting the original system
Sandbox effect, in Google Internet search rankings

Other uses

Sand box (civil engineering), a device to remove centring
Sandbox (locomotive), a container that holds sand for use in improving rail adhesion in slippery conditions
Sandbox (missile) or SS-N-12, a Soviet anti-ship missile
Sandbox, a container for pounce (calligraphy), used before the invention of blotting paper
Sandbox therapy, a tool used by child psychologists
Sandbox tree, the evergreen species Hura crepitans of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), also known as possumwood and jabillo, native to tropical regions in the Americas

Arts, entertainment, and media

Video gaming

Computing

Other uses

See also