unboxing
nounEtymology From unbox + -ing (gerundive ending).
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The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.
- The most popular unboxings are for expensive gadgets, like the iPhone, Xbox and PlayStation consoles.2014 February 13, Heather Kelly, “The bizarre, lucrative world of ‘unboxing’ videos”, in CNN:
- 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.2014 December 16, Alex Frank, “Happy Unboxing Day! A Small Guide to the Very Large World of Unboxing Videos”, in Vogue:
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Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.
Object-oriented programming
- Autoboxing and unboxing are typically used for collections of primitives. […] Unboxing involves the production of a primitive for each object.2014, Robert Liguori, Patricia Liguori, Java 8 Pocket Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 28: