lid vs sandbox

lid

noun
  • The top or cover of a container. 

  • A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU. 

  • In amateur radio, an incompetent operator. 

  • A cap or hat. 

  • One ounce of cannabis. 

  • A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something. 

  • A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid) 

  • A bodyboard or bodyboarder. 

  • A motorcyclist's crash helmet. 

verb
  • To put a lid on (something). 

sandbox

noun
  • A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper. 

  • An animal's litter box. 

  • The Middle East. 

  • A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand. 

  • A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content. 

  • A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping. 

  • An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available. 

  • A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting. 

verb
  • To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox. 

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