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 (Michael Houser album), 2006, or the title track Sandbox, a 1987 album by Guided by Voices Sandbox Theatre, an experimental theatre group in Minneapolis, Minnesota The Sandbox (play), a 1960 one-act play by Edward Albee The Sandbox (2012 video game), a 2012 game for mobile phones Sandbox (stylized s&box), an in-development game by Facepunch Studios 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 (video game editor), a game level editor for Far Cry Sandbox effect, in Google Internet search rankings Sandbox game, a genre or mode of some video games for open-ended, nonlinear play Sandbox Studios, a computer- and video-game developer 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 See also Litter box, an indoor sandbox, usually filled with kitty litter, in which house pets are trained to relieve themselves Sandboxie, an OS-level virtualization|operating system-level virtualization program