A sandbox is a

sandpit A sandpit (most Commonwealth countries) or sandbox (US and Canada) is a low, wide container or shallow depression filled with soft (beach) sand in which children can play. Sharp sand (as used in the building industry) is not suitable for su ...

, 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) Sandbox was a Canadian alternative rock band active in the 1990s. The band consisted of Paul Murray on lead vocals, Mike Smith and Jason Archibald on guitar, Scott MacFarlane on bass and Troy Shanks on drums. Formation Sandbox was formed by M ...

, a Canadian rock music group * ''Sandbox'' (Guided by Voices album), 1987 * ''Sandbox'' (Michael Houser album), 2006, or the title track *

Sandbox Theatre Sandbox Theater is an experimental theater company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ryan Hill, Lisa Moreira, Andrew Lawrence Schiff and Heather Stone formed Sandbox Theater in 2005 after working together at 15 Head Theatre Lab. Hill served as ...

, an experimental theatre group in Minneapolis, Minnesota * ''The Sandbox'' (play), a 1960 one-act play by Edward Albee

Video gaming

Sandbox game A sandbox game is a video game with a gameplay element that provides players a great degree of creativity to interact with, usually without any predetermined goal, or with a goal that the players set for themselves. Such games may lack any objec ...

, a genre or ''mode'' of some video games for open-ended, nonlinear play * ''The Sandbox'' (2012 video game), a 2012 game for mobile phones * S&box (game engine), an in-development game engine by Facepunch Studios *

Sandbox Studios EA Digital Illusions CE AB (trade name: DICE) is a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm. The company was founded in 1992 and has been a subsidiary of Electronic Arts since 2006. Its releases include the ''Battlefield'', ''Mirror's Edg ...

, a computer- and video-game developer *

The Sandbox (company) TSB Gaming (formerly known as Pixowl), doing business and commonly known as The Sandbox, is a metaverse platform developer. Founded in 2011, the company is now a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands. The company's chief product is ''T ...

, a metaverse platform developer *

Sandbox (video game editor) CryEngine (stylized as CRYENGINE) is a game engine designed by the German game developer Crytek. It has been used in all of their titles with the initial version being used in ''Far Cry'', and continues to be updated to support new consoles and ...

, a game level editor for ''Far Cry''

Computing

Sandbox (computer security) In computer security, a sandbox is a security mechanism for separating running programs, usually in an effort to mitigate system failures and/or software vulnerabilities from spreading. The sandbox metaphor derives from the concept of a child's ...

, a virtual container in which untrusted programs can be safely run *

Sandbox (software development) A sandbox is a testing environment that isolates untested code changes and outright experimentation from the production environment or repository in the context of software development, including web development, automation, revision control, ...

, an environment in which code or content changes can be tested without affecting the original system *

Sandbox effect The sandbox effect (or sandboxing) is a theory about the way Google ranks web pages in its index. It is the subject of much debate—its existence has been written about since 2004, but not confirmed, with several statements to the contrary. Des ...

, in Google Internet search rankings

Other uses

Sand box (civil engineering) A sandbox or sand jack is a device used for removing the centering of an arch. Each prop A prop, formally known as a (theatrical) property, is an object actors use on stage or screen during a performance or screen production. In practical te ...

, a device to remove centring *

Sandbox (locomotive) A sandbox is a container on most locomotives, multiple units and trams that holds sand, which is dropped on the rail in front of the driving wheels in wet and slippery conditions and on steep grades to improve traction. Sand delivery The sand m ...

, a container that holds sand for use in improving rail adhesion in slippery conditions *

Sandbox (missile) The P-500 ''Bazalt'' (; ) is a turbojet-powered, supersonic cruise missile used by the Soviet and Russian navies. Its GRAU designation is 4K80 and its NATO reporting name is SS-N-12 ''Sandbox'', its upgraded version being the P-1000 Vulkan AShM S ...

or SS-N-12, a Soviet anti-ship missile * Sandbox, a container for

pounce (calligraphy) Pounce or sand is a fine powder, most often made from powdered cuttlefish bone or sandarac resin, that was used both to dry ink and to sprinkle on a rough writing surface to make it smooth enough for writing. This was especially needed if the pa ...

, used before the invention of blotting paper *

Sandbox therapy Play therapy refers to a range of methods of capitalising on children's natural urge to explore and harnessing it to meet and respond to the developmental and later also their mental health needs. It is also used for Anatomically correct doll, ...

, a tool used by child psychologists * Sandbox tree, the evergreen species ''

Hura crepitans ''Hura crepitans'', the sandbox tree, also known as possumwood, monkey no-climb, assacu (from Tupi ''asaku'') and jabillo, is an evergreen tree in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America including the Amaz ...

'' of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), also known as possumwood and jabillo, native to tropical regions in the Americas

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Video gaming

Computing

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