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Sandbox may refer to:

For Play

• Sandbox, a wide, shallow playground construction to hold sand for children to play in. Often made out of wood or plastic turtle.

For Trains

• Sandbox (railways), a locomotive container that holds sand for use in improving rail adhesion in slippery conditions.

Computing

• Sandbox (computer security), a virtual container in which untrusted programs can be safely run
• Sandbox (software development), an online environment in which code or content changes can be tested without affecting the original system(s)
• Sandbox Effect, in Google Internet search rankings
• Sandbox (video games), a mode of some video games for open-ended, nonlinear play
• Sandbox (video game editor), a game level editor for the game Far Cry

Management

• Sandpit (management), Management speak for something but no one but no one knows

exactly what it means. Intended use similar to the computer security definition but contradicts the intention to "think out side the box" that goes along with it.

Military

• SS-N-12 Sandbox, a Soviet anti-ship missile
• Sandbox (or sand table), a box of sand used in military education and training, in conjunction with scale models, to model terrain and demonstrate tactics
• "Sandbox", a U.S. military slang term, referring jocularly or euphemistically to locations in the Middle East

Music

• Sandbox (album), a 1987 release by the band Guided By Voices
• Sandbox (band), a Canadian rock music group, originally from Nova Scotia
• Sandbox (U.S. band), an American rock music group, originally from Syracuse, New York
• "Sandbox Magician", a song from the 1998 Under the Running Board EP by The Dillinger Escape Plan

Theatre

• The Sandbox (play), a 1960 one-act play by Edward Albee

See also

• Litter box for cats

• Disambiguation pages