Sandbox vs Playground - What's the difference?
sandbox | playground |
(US) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping.
(computing) An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.
(Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
(US military) (usu. The Sandbox ) The Middle East.
(computing) To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.
* 2011 , Richard Wagner, Building Facebook Applications For Dummies
(outdoors) A large open space to play on, usually for children.
A yard or other open-air space on a school campus where the children can play, especially during breaks
(urban) Small area with dedicated play equipment, usually for children
(figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.
As nouns the difference between sandbox and playground
is that sandbox is sandbox while playground is (outdoors) a large open space to play on, usually for children.sandbox
English
Noun
(wikipedia sandbox)- Running a program in a sandbox can prevent it from doing any damage to the system.
Synonyms
* (play enclosure with sand) sandpit (UK)Derived terms
* sandbox gameVerb
- Although you can use standard JavaScript and AJAX in sandboxed iframe pages to your heart's content, the Facebook Platform places restrictions over the amount of scripting capabilities you can add to the more tightly integrated FBML pages.
Derived terms
* unsandboxedplayground
English
Noun
- ''The city park playgrounds offer various slides, tubes and swings.
- The exclusive tropical island was a millionaire's playground .