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 February 13, Heather Kelly, “The bizarre, lucrative world of ‘unboxing’ videos”, in CNN‎:

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

   • 2014 December 16, Alex Frank, “Happy Unboxing Day! A Small Guide to the Very Large World of Unboxing Videos”, in Vogue‎:

     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) German: Auspacken n Greek: αποσυσκευασία (el) f (aposyskevasía) Russian: распако́вка (ru) f (raspakóvka) Spanish: desembalaje m, desempaquetado (es) m, desempaque (es) 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/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

unboxing m (plural unboxings)

1. (object-oriented programming) unboxing

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈboɡsin/ [ãmˈboɣ̞.sĩn]
  • Rhymes: -oɡsin
• IPA^(key): /umˈboɡsinɡ/ [ũmˈboɣ̞.sĩŋɡ]
  • Rhymes: -oɡsinɡ
• Syllabification: un‧bo‧xing

Noun

unboxing m (plural unboxings)

1. The removal of something from a package.

   Synonyms: desembalaje, desempaque, desempaquetado, desempaquetamiento, descaje

2. (object-oriented programming) unboxing