Box (disambiguation)
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A box
Box
Box describes a variety of containers and receptacles for permanent use as storage, or for temporary use often for transporting contents. The word derives from the Greek πύξος , "box, boxwood"....

is a container or package, often rectangular or cuboid.

Box may also refer to:

People

  • Ab Box
    Ab Box
    Albert George "Ab" Box was a Canadian professional football halfback, quarterback and punter.Born in Toronto, Box attended Malvern Collegiate Institute where he played on the football team and later on the Malvern Grads junior team from 1928-1929 under coach Ted Reeve...

     (1909–2000), Canadian football player
  • Betty Box
    Betty Box
    Betty Evelyn Box was a prolific British film producer. She is considered one of the best of her generation, with a flair for making genuinely popular British films....

     (1915–1999), British film producer
  • Cloyce Box
    Cloyce Box
    Cloyce Kennedy Box was an American football end in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, where he was voted into two Pro Bowls. He played college football at Louisiana Tech in 1944 and then at West Texas A&M University. He was drafted in the 20th round of the 1948 NFL Draft by the...

     (1923–1993), American football player
  • Don Box
    Don Box
    Don Box is a Distinguished Engineer currently working at Microsoft.Along with Bob Atkinson, Mohsen Al-Ghosein, and Dave Winer, Don was one of the original four designers of SOAP, a basic messaging layer for web services....

    , Microsoft employee
  • Edgar Box, pseudonym used by Gore Vidal
    Gore Vidal
    Gore Vidal is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar , outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality...

  • George E. P. Box
    George E. P. Box
    - External links :* from a at NIST* * * * * *** For Box's PhD students see*...

     (born 1919), British statistician
  • Godfrey Box, 16th century British entrepreneur
  • John Box
    John Box
    John Allan Hyatt Box OBE, , was a British film production designer and art director. During his career he won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction on four occasions and won its BAFTA equivalent three times, making him the most decorated film designer of all time...

     (1920–2005), British film designer
  • Kenneth Box
    Kenneth Box
    Kenneth James Box is a retired track and field sprinter, who represented Great Britain in the men's 100m and men's 4x100m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia....

     (born 1930), British track and field sprinter
  • Mick Box
    Mick Box
    Michael Frederick Box , better known by his stage name Mick Box, is the lead guitarist of British rock group Uriah Heep, having previously been a member of The Stalkers and Spice, both with original Uriah Heep vocalist David Byron. He is the only member from the band's founding in 1969 who is...

     (born 1947), British guitarist
  • Muriel Box
    Muriel Box
    Muriel Box was a prolific English screenwriter and director in what at the time was basically a male industry, and is generally considered to be one of the most successful females in the history of British film....

     (1905–1991), British writer
  • Steve Box
    Steve Box
    Steve Box is an English animator and director who works for Aardman Animations.His early work in animation included the popular British claymation television series The Trap Door for Bristol-based animation studio CMTB Animation.Box joined Aardman Animations in 1990. He directed the video for the...

     (born 1967), British animator
  • Sydney Box
    Sydney Box
    Sydney Box was a British film producer and screenwriter, brother of another prominent British filmmaker, Betty Box. He produced the postwar screenplay, The Seventh Veil, which earned him the 1946 Oscar for best original screenplay with his then wife Muriel Box after which the couple were hired by...

     (1907–1983), British film producer

Places

  • Box, Wiltshire
    Box, Wiltshire
    Box is a village located in Wiltshire, England, about east of Bath and west of Chippenham. It is quite a large parish with several settlements, apart from the village of Box, within its boundaries....

    , England
  • Box, Gloucestershire
    Box, Gloucestershire
    Box is a small village in Gloucestershire, England.It is located just over three miles away from Stroud and just over ten miles away from Cirencester. Other nearby villages include Minchinhampton and Nailsworth ....

    , England
  • Box Tunnel
    Box Tunnel
    Box Tunnel is a railway tunnel in Western England, between Bath and Chippenham, dug through Box Hill, and is one of the most significant structures on the Great Western Main Line...

    , a railway tunnel in western England
  • Box Hill
    Box Hill, Surrey
    Box Hill is a summit of the North Downs in Surrey, approximately south west of London. The hill takes its name from the ancient box woodland found on the steepest west-facing chalk slopes overlooking the River Mole. The western part of the hill is owned and managed by the National Trust, whilst...

    , Surrey

In mathematics

  • The ("box") operator in mathematics is used for:
    • Logical necessity in modal logic
      Modal logic
      Modal logic is a type of formal logic that extends classical propositional and predicate logic to include operators expressing modality. Modals — words that express modalities — qualify a statement. For example, the statement "John is happy" might be qualified by saying that John is...

    • The Conway box function
    • The D'Alembert Operator
  • Cuboid
    Cuboid
    In geometry, a cuboid is a solid figure bounded by six faces, forming a convex polyhedron. There are two competing definitions of a cuboid in mathematical literature...

    , a geometric figure

In entertainment

  • Box (character), a villainous robot character from the 1970s science-fiction film Logan's Run
  • Box (comics)
    Box (comics)
    Box is a superhero from Canada. He was featured in Marvel Comics publications, notably Alpha Flight.-Fictional character biography:...

    , a fictional superhero in Marvel Comics
  • Box (theatre)
    Box (theatre)
    In theater, a box is a small, separated seating area in the auditorium for a limited number of people.Boxes are typically placed immediately to the front, side and above the level of the stage. They are often separate rooms with an open viewing area which typically seat five people or fewer. ...

    , a small, separated area in the auditorium for a limited number of people

In music

  • Box (Guided by Voices album)
  • Box (Dive album)
    Box (Dive album)
    This 2CD box collects most of Dive's 1990-1993 output.-CD one:#"Infected"#"There's No Hope"#"Dead Or Alive"#"Right"#"So Hard"#"Attack"#"Turn Me On"#"Run"#"Ghostcity"#"31"#"Menticide"#"Nightshift"#"Burning Skin"#"Eye Of The Past"#"Back To Back"...

  • Box (Klinik album)
    Box (Klinik album)
    Box, a compilation of rare and unreleased tracks by Klinik, was released as a 3LP or 2CD box with a 24 page booklet, containing song lyrics and photos by Sabine Voss. The 2CD was re-released in 2004 by Hands Productions.-Disc one:-Disc two:...

  • Box (Mellowdrone album), the first full length album by indie band Mellowdrone
    Mellowdrone
    -Biography:Mellowdrone consists of founding member Jonathan Bates, Tony Dematteo, and Brian Borg. The band's music encompasses a range of styles from lo-fi, indie rock and experimental. Mellowdrone's music has appeared on several television shows, including Project Runway, Six Feet Under, and Cane....

  • Box, an album by Christie Hennessy
    Christie Hennessy
    Christie Hennessy was an Irish folk singer-songwriter.-Early life:...


Other uses

  • Boston Options Exchange
    Boston Options Exchange
    Boston Options Exchange Group, LLC is an automated stock exchange owned and operated by the TMX Group. As an equity options market, it provides electronic order matching services to stock brokers and traders.- Overview :...

    , BOX
  • Boxing
    Boxing
    Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

    , a sport
  • Box (automobile), a subtype of the Hi-riser automobile
  • MI5
    MI5
    The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence...

     (British Security Service), "Box" or "Box 500"
  • Box (cricket), an abdominal protector or cup worn by a batsman in cricket
  • Box (juggling)
    Box (juggling)
    The Box is a juggling pattern for 3 objects, most commonly balls or bean bags. Two balls are dedicated to a specific hand with vertical throws, and the third ball is thrown horizontally between the two hands...

     a juggling pattern for three objects
  • Box (torture), a method of solitary confinement
  • Box.net
    Box.net
    Box is an online File Sharing and Cloud Content Management service for enterprise companies. The company has adopted a freemium business model, and provides 5GB of free storage for personal accounts. A mobile version of the service is available for Android, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and WebOS devices...

    , an online storage and content management company
  • Box, a tree or shrub of the genus Buxus
    Buxus
    Buxus is a genus of about 70 species in the family Buxaceae. Common names include box or boxwood ....

  • Box, a type of Eucalyptus
    Eucalyptus
    Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...

     tree
  • Combat box
    Combat box
    The Combat box was a tactical formation used by heavy bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. The combat box was also referred to as a "staggered formation"...

    , a World War II bomber formation
  • Box (molecular biology
    Molecular biology
    Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...

    ), a repeating sequence of nucleotides that forms a transcription or a regulatory signal

See also

  • The Box (disambiguation)
  • Boxes (disambiguation)
    Boxes (disambiguation)
    Boxes are containers.Boxes may also refer to:* Boxes , a 1985 post punk album by Icehouse* Dots and Boxes, a pencil and paper game* The Boxes or Crawford Boxes...

  • Box-room, (also boxroom or box room), a small room in a house
  • Boxing Day
    Boxing Day
    Boxing Day is a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth nations. In Ireland, it is recognized as...

  • Blue box (phreaking)
  • Black box (disambiguation)
  • Boxing the compass
    Boxing the compass
    Boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two points of the compass in clockwise order. Such names are formed by the initials of the cardinal directions and their intermediate ordinal directions, and are very handy to refer to a heading in a general or colloquial fashion, without...

  • Boombox
    Boombox
    Boombox is a colloquial expression for a portable cassette or CD player. Other terms known are ghetto blaster, jambox, or radio-cassette. It is a device capable of receiving radio stations and playing recorded music , usually at relatively high volume...

    , a portable stereo music system
  • Dots and Boxes
    Dots and Boxes
    Dots and Boxes is a pencil and paper game for two players first published in 1889 by Édouard Lucas.Starting with an empty grid of dots, players take turns, adding a single...

    , a pencil and paper game , a car)
  • Gold Box
    Gold Box
    Gold Box is the name for a series of computer role-playing games produced by SSI. The company won a license to produce games based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR, Inc...

    , a series of computer role-playing games
  • Luxury box
    Luxury box
    A Luxury box is a special seating section located within stadiums, arenas and other sporting and entertainment venues. They are typically located in the midsection of a stadium grandstand, usually providing the best views of the event...

    , a private suite in a sports arena
  • Torsion box
    Torsion box
    A torsion box consists of two skins to carry the applied loads on either side of a core material usually constructed as a lightweight grid of thin beams. A hollow core door is probably the most commonly found example of a torsion box structure. Like an I beam or truss, the idea is to use less...

    , a beam constructed of two skins applied to a core material
  • Phreaking boxes
    Phreaking boxes
    Phreaking boxes are devices used by Phone Phreaks to perform various functions normally reserved for operators and other telephone company employees....

    , devices used by phone phreaks
  • Dick in a Box
    Dick in a Box
    "Dick in a Box" is a song by American comedy troupe The Lonely Island featuring singer Justin Timberlake. The song and music video debuted on Saturday Night Live as an SNL Digital Short on December 16, 2006...

    , a Saturday Night Live digital short
  • Shannon Boxx
    Shannon Boxx
    Shannon Boxx is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team....

     (born 1977), American soccer player
  • Boxy (disambiguation)
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