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🛝 A play area 🏖️ A leisure place 💻 A test environment
playground

playground

15 3.9
A safe space to try code or ideas without changing the real system
  • noun
  • /ˈpleɪˌɡraʊnd/
  • Specialized
: entorno de pruebas
  • The project should aim to depend on the already componentized Plone packages yet still provide the playground for reinvention.

We have the Circuit Playground Express from Adafruit.

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Examples

  • The software developers used a playground to test their new application without risks to the live environment.

  • Since first being produced four years ago, Bose-Einstein condensates of dilute gases have provided a rich playground for exploring atomic, quantum, and many-body physics.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Another little game we tried is called Quantum Playground, which also runs in your browser.

    Sabine Hossenfelder

  • The library media center offers a reasoning playground.

    Academic text (2007)

  • At launch, Windows 8 feels like a brand-new playground built in an affluent retirement complex.

    Blog text (14)

  • Three-dimensional worlds such as Teen Second Life provide a creative playground where learners create objects, test ideas, and collaborate with others. L: THE POTENTIAL

    Academic text (2009)

  • Zynga.com is Zynga's "all-in-one" playground for its Facebook games outside of Facebook.

    Blog text (18)

  • In our coding playground, you can explore different programming languages freely and without constraints.

  • He created a virtual playground where users can experiment with their code safely.

Synonyms

sandbox
vsplayground
  • Specialized
14 5.4

A safe area on a computer where new or unsafe programs can run

is broader, used for safely trying software or ideas without affecting production
testing ground
vsplayground
5 3.7

A place where people try new ideas or products to see if they work

is a computing area isolated for trying code without affecting production
dev
vsplayground
  • Specialized
4 6.0

A computer environment where developers test code before release

is for safe, isolated experiments that avoid impacting live systems
testbed
vsplayground
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A place set up to try new ideas or products before they are used more widely

is focused on safe isolation for trying software without touching production systems
REPL
vsplayground
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A program where you type code and see results right away

is an isolated area for safe experiments that prevent impact on production systems
preproduction
vsplayground
  • Specialized
5.3

A test system that copies the live system for final checks before release

is an isolated, safe experiment area that does not affect production systems

Antonyms

production
  • Specialized
34 4.4

The live version of software that people use

Compounds

playground ball
  • US
1.4

A large rubber ball used for playground games like four square or kickball

playground slide
1.0

A smooth sloping surface at a playground for children to go down

How Isolated

sandbox
  • Specialized
14 5.4
playground
  • Specialized
15 3.9
scratchpad
  • Specialized
1 5.7
preproduction
  • Specialized
5.3

Surface Forms

playground singular
playgrounds plural

Morphology

playground = play + ground (semi-transparent) = play + ground

Metaphorical extension of 'play area' to a safe testing environment; components signal the idea but require metaphorical mapping.

Etymology

Playground is also used for a safe area to try things, especially in software, keeping the idea of a 'ground for play' where it is okay to experiment without damage. So a coding playground is a place to test code and learn without breaking real systems.