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Sandbox may refer to:

Recreation

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

Locomotives

• 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

• Sandbox (management), Management speak but lacks a proper definition so no one knows exactly what it means and it is often misused. Intended use is similar to the computer security definition being a safe place to try out ideas 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