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Turtle vs Sandbox - What's the difference?

turtle | sandbox |

In computing terms the difference between turtle and sandbox

is that turtle is an on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing while sandbox is an isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.

As nouns the difference between turtle and sandbox

is that turtle is any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body while sandbox is a children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.

As verbs the difference between turtle and sandbox

is that turtle is to flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down while sandbox is to restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.

As a proper noun Turtle

is a river in Saskatchewan, Canada.

turtle

English

(wikipedia turtle)

Etymology 1

Modification of (etyl) tortue (probably under the influence of (turtledove)). See (tortoise) for more.

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any land or marine reptile of the order (l), characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body.
  • (Australia, British) A sea turtle.
  • (military) An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
  • (computing) A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.
  • (computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
  • * 1997 , Brian Harvey, Computer Science Logo Style: Symbolic computing
  • Depending on which version of Logo you have, the turtle may look like an actual animal with a head and four legs or — as in Berkeley Logo — it may be represented as a triangle.
  • (printing, historical) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
  • A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.
  • Synonyms
    * (l) * (l)
    Derived terms
    * African helmeted turtle * Afro-American sideneck turtle * Alabama red-bellied turtle * alligator turtle, alligator-turtle * American turtle * Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles * Arakan forest turtle * Australian short-necked turtle * Austro-American sideneck turtle * black marsh turtle * black turtle bean * Blanding's turtle * bog turtle * box turtle, box-turtle * chicken turtle, chicken-turtle * common snakeneck turtle * cooter turtle * diamond-backed turtle * dragon turtle * eastern long-neck turtle * Fitzroy River turtle * flatback turtle * Florida redbelly turtle * Fly River turtle * golden coin turtle * gopher turtle * greaved turtle * Greenland turtle * green turtle * have a turtle's head * hawk-billed turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, hawk's-bill turtle, hawksbill turtle * horned turtle * land turtle * leaf turtle * leather turtle * leatherback turtle * leather-turtle * leathery turtle * loggerhead turtle, logger-headed turtle * lyre turtle * Madagascan big-headed turtle * map turtle * marine turtle * marsh turtle * mata mata turtle, matamata turtle * Mary River turtle * mock turtle * mock turtle soup * mud turtle * musk turtle * New Guinea snakeneck turtle * Olive Ridley turtle * painted turtle * pancake turtle * pig-nosed turtle, pig-nose turtle, pignose turtle * pitted-shelled turtle * plateless turtle * Plymouth redbelly turtle * pond turtle * purple turtler * red-bellied turtle * river turtle * roofed turtle * sea turtle, sea-turtle * side-necked turtle * silver stater with a turtle * snake-eating turtle * snake-necked turtle * snapping turtle, snapping-turtle * soft-shelled turtle, soft-shell turtle, softshell turtle * spiny turtle * spotted turtle * toad-headed turtle * twisted-necked turtle * tortoise-shell turtle * trunk turtle, trunk-turtle * turn the turtle * turn turtle * turning turtles * turtle-back, turtleback * turtle bean * turtleburger * turtle-corral * turtle cowrie, turtle cowry * turtle-crab * turtle-crawl * turtle-deck * turtledom * turtle-egging * turtle excluder device * turtle-footed * turtle-frolic * turtle graphics * turtle grass, turtle-grass * turtle-head, turtlehead * turtle hull * turtle-insect * turtle-kraal * turtle neck, turtle-neck, turtleneck * turtle peg, turtle-peg * turtle-press * turtler * turtle racing * turtles all the way down * turtle shell * turtle ship * turtle soup * turtle stone * turtle-shell * turtle-soup * turtle-stone * turtlet * turtle trade * turtle-twine * turtling * turtly * water turtle * western swamp turtle * wood turtle

    Verb

    (turtl)
  • To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
  • * 1919 , Iowa Highway Commission, Service Bulletin, Issues 15-32?, page 48
  • Were speeding when car turtled' Auto crashed into curb and ' turtled .
  • To turn and swim upside down.
  • * 2009 , Amy Waeschle, Chasing Waves: A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering? , page 149
  • I turtled my board beneath it, flipped upright, and started paddling again.
  • To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
  • * 1973 , Bernard Nietschmann, Between Land and Water: The Subsistence Ecology of the Miskito Indians , page 153
  • Of these, 80 turtled' (65%), 26 hunted and ' turtled (20%), and 18 hunted (15%).
  • (video games) To build up a large defense force and strike only punctually, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
  • See also

    * chelonian * hatchling (turtle young) * terrapin * tortoise * (Turtle)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) turtla, ultimately from (etyl) , of imitative origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A turtle dove.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.8:
  • The same he tooke, and with a riband new, / In which his Ladies colours were, did bind / About the turtles neck .
    Derived terms
    * turtle-bird * turtle dove, turtle-dove, turtledove * turtleish, turtlish * turtleise, turtlise, turtleize, turtlize

    sandbox

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sandbox)
  • (US) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
  • A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
  • A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
  • A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping.
  • (computing) An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.
  • Running a program in a sandbox can prevent it from doing any damage to the system.
  • (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
  • (US military) (usu. The Sandbox ) The Middle East.
  • Synonyms

    * (play enclosure with sand) sandpit (UK)

    Derived terms

    * sandbox game

    Verb

  • (computing) To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.
  • * 2011 , Richard Wagner, Building Facebook Applications For Dummies
  • Although you can use standard JavaScript and AJAX in sandboxed iframe pages to your heart's content, the Facebook Platform places restrictions over the amount of scripting capabilities you can add to the more tightly integrated FBML pages.

    Derived terms

    * unsandboxed