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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>sandbox</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="sandbender.html" title="sandbender"/><link rel="next" href="sanity-check.html" title="sanity check"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sandbox</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sandbender.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sanity-check.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="sandbox"/><dt xmlns="" id="sandbox"><b>sandbox</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> (also ‘sandbox, the’) </p></dd><dd><p> 1. Common term for the R&D department at many software and
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computer companies (where hackers in commercial environments are likely to
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be found). Half-derisive, but reflects the truth that research is a form
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of creative play. Compare <a href="../P/playpen.html"><i class="glossterm">playpen</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Syn. <a href="../L/link-farm.html"><i class="glossterm">link farm</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. A controlled environment within which potentially dangerous
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programs are run. Used esp. in reference to Java implementations. </p></dd><dd><p> 4. A checked-out copy of a source tree, on which one may safely
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perform builds without interfereing with others.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sandbender.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sanity-check.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">sandbender </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> sanity check</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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