Sandbox

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Sandbox may refer to:

[edit] Arts and education

• The Sandbox

[edit] Containers of sand

• Sandbox, another name for sandpit, a common feature of children's playing grounds
• Sandbox (railways), used to improve traction between the metal wheels and rails used in train, subway and streetcar systems

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• Litter box for cats