unboxing

See also: Unboxing

English

Etymology 1

From unbox +‎ -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

unboxing

1. present participle and gerund of unbox

Etymology 2

From unbox +‎ -ing (gerundive ending).

Noun

unboxing (plural unboxings)

1. The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.
   • 2014 December 16, Alex Frank, “Happy Unboxing Day! A Small Guide to the Very Large World of Unboxing Videos”, in Vogue‎^[1]:

     Clips of tech-fiends unwrapping new models of cell phones first began turning up on the Internet about a decade ago. Since then, an entire world has blossomed around the unboxing video, with whole YouTube channels dedicated to the unpackaging of dolls, purses, moisturizers, even food.

2. (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.

   Antonyms: boxing, autoboxing

   • 2014, Robert Liguori, Patricia Liguori, Java 8 Pocket Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 28:

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

Translations

removal of something from its box

• Finnish: purkaminen (fi), purkaminen laatikosta, purkaminen rasiasta
• French: déballage (fr)
• Georgian: განყუთვა (ganq̇utva) (neologism, internet slang)
• Greek: αποσυσκευασία (el) f (aposyskevasía)
• Russian: распако́вка (ru) f (raspakóvka)
• Spanish: desembalaje m
• Ukrainian: розпакува́ння n (rozpakuvánnja)

automatic conversion of objects back to value types

• Finnish: kuorinta (fi)
• French: unboxing (fr) m
• Spanish: unboxing m

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œn.bɔk.siŋ/

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Noun

unboxing m (plural unboxings)

1. (object-oriented programming) unboxing

Spanish

Noun

unboxing m (plural unboxings)

1. The removal of something from a package.

   Synonyms: desembalaje, desempaque, desempaquetado, desempaquetamiento, descaje

2. (object-oriented programming) unboxing