UNBOXING

Etymology 1

Verb

unboxing

present participle of unbox

Etymology 2

Noun

unboxing (plural unboxings)

The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.

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

Antonyms

• (programming): boxing

Source: Wiktionary


UNBOX

Un*box", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + box.]

Definition: To remove from a box or boxes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNEXPLOITED

(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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