Sandbox

A sandbox is a sandpit, 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), a Canadian rock music group
 * Sandbox (Guided by Voices album), 1987
 * Sandbox (Michael Houser album), 2006, or the title track
 * Sandbox Theatre, an experimental theatre group in Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * The Sandbox (play), a 1960 one-act play by Edward Albee

Video gaming

 * Sandbox game, a genre or mode of some video games for open-ended, nonlinear play
 * The Sandbox (2012 video game), a 2012 game for mobile phones
 * Sandbox (video game), an in-development game by Facepunch Studios
 * Sandbox Studios, a computer- and video-game developer
 * The Sandbox (company), a metaverse platform developer
 * Sandbox (video game editor), a game level editor for Far Cry

Computing

 * Sandbox (computer security), a virtual container in which untrusted programs can be safely run
 * Sandbox (software development), an environment in which code or content changes can be tested without affecting the original system
 * Sandbox effect, in Google Internet search rankings

Other uses

 * Sand box (civil engineering), a device to remove centring
 * Sandbox (locomotive), a container that holds sand for use in improving rail adhesion in slippery conditions
 * Sandbox (missile) or SS-N-12, a Soviet anti-ship missile
 * Sandbox, a container for pounce (calligraphy), used before the invention of blotting paper
 * 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