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unboxing

verb

Etymology

From unbox + -ing (present participle ending).

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. formed as unbox — “un- + box”
  8. formed as unboxing — “unbox + -ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of unbox

  2. The removal of something from its box

    The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.

    • The most popular unboxings are for expensive gadgets, like the iPhone, Xbox and PlayStation consoles.

  3. Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.

    • Autoboxing and unboxing are typically used for collections of primitives. […] Unboxing involves the production of a primitive for each object.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unboxing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA