Sandboxing
Running an untrusted application inside a tightly controlled environment where its permissions are cut back to an essential set — typically no access
Official source: sandbox — Glossary, NIST Computer Security Resource Center →
to the file system or the network beyond what has been granted. The constraint is enforced by the surrounding system rather than promised by the application, which is the whole point when the application's behaviour is what is in question.
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