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toolbox

toolbox

8 3.7
A set of small programs in software that help with the same job
  • noun
  • /ˈtuːlˌbɑːks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : conjunto de herramientas
  • Adding a tool to your toolbox broadens your horizons.
  • toolbox assessment
  • toolbox exercise
  • tools in the toolbox

Examples

  • The free-to-download safety wizard app has been drawn directly from the HSE's toolbox guidance, said developer RNF Digital Innovation.

    Academic text (2015)
  • This software comes with a comprehensive toolbox of functions that simplify data analysis.

  • And so it is of value to have access to the entire toolbox, right.

  • So science offers me a huge toolbox to play with.

  • The goal of therapy is to help you fill a toolbox so you can build the house.

  • So the idea is that we are giving people this toolbox, this buffet, this selection of skills to choose from.

  • In effect, this article provides social workers with an assessment "toolbox" from which practitioners can select the most appropriate instrument.

    Academic text (2005)
  • With a powerful and expanding toolbox at hand, exciting decades of discovery lie ahead for scientists in this field.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The items in our toolbox are grouped into three general areas of focus.

    Academic text (2009)
  • So we have a toolbox of stuff for you to help implement and stay disciplined and stay focused.

Synonyms

toolkit
vstoolbox
16 3.4

A set of tools and materials for a particular job

is a packaged software collection provided within a program or platform
toolset
vstoolbox
1 3.5

Tools or programs that work together to do a task

is provided as an integrated package inside a program or platform
software toolkit
vstoolbox
  • Specialized
3.6

A set of computer tools and code that help people make computer programs

is packaged for use inside a program or platform not only development

How Comprehensive

platform
  • Specialized
278 4.9
software package
  • Specialized
5 3.2
toolbox
  • Specialized
8 3.7
utility
  • Specialized
49 4.4
plugin
  • Specialized
33 3.5

Surface Forms

toolbox singular
toolboxes plural

Morphology

toolbox = tool + box (semi-transparent) = tool + box

The computing sense is a metaphoric extension of a physical 'box' of tools; the components are clear but the usage is figurative rather than literal.

Etymology

Toolbox keeps the same idea in computing because it is built from tool and box, meaning a 'box for tools'. A software toolbox is a set of ready-made programs or tools you can take and use when you need them.