Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autoboxing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-box-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Automatic boxing, the implicit conversion of primitive data types to wrapper objects.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Autoboxing and unboxing are typically used for collections of primitives. Autoboxing involves the dynamic allocation of memory and initialization of an object for each primitive."

Etymology

From auto- + boxing.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

unboxing

Questions

What does autoboxing mean?: Automatic boxing, the implicit conversion of primitive data types to wrapper objects.
Where does autoboxing come from?: From auto- + boxing.

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