Sandbox

Sandbox may refer to:

• Sandpit or sandbox, a wide, shallow playground construction to hold sand, often made of wood or plastic

In arts and entertainment

• Sandbox (album), a 1987 album by Guided by Voices
• Sandbox (band), a Canadian rock music group
• The Sandbox, a 1960 one-act play by Edward Albee
• The Sandpit, the Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction 2010 winning video art piece by Sam O'Hare
• Up the Sandbox, a 1972 American comedy film
• Sandbox Theatre, an experimental theatre group in Minneapolis, Minnesota

In 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
• Sandbox (video game editor), a game level editor for Far Cry
• Sandbox game, a genre or mode of some video games for open-ended, nonlinear play
• Sandbox effect, in Google Internet search rankings
• Sandbox Studios, a computer- and video-game developer (f. 1998)
• Sandboxie, a proprietary isolation program

Other uses

• Litter box, an indoor box in which house pets are trained to relieve themselves
• Sandbox (locomotive), a container that holds sand for use in improving rail adhesion in slippery conditions
• Sand box (civil engineering), a device to remove centring
• A container for pounce (calligraphy), used before the invention of blotting paper
• Sandbox (missile) or SS-N-12, a Soviet anti-ship missile
• Sandbox therapy, a tool used by child psychologists
• Sandbox tree, the evergreen species Hura crepitans of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), also known as possumwood and jabillo, native to tropical regions in the Americas