Talk:toolbox
Currently def #2 says: (computing) a set of pre-existing routines for use in writing new programs
I've been a software developer since the 1980s and I've only ever heard "Toolbox" used in regards to Macintosh programming - it might even be a trademark of similar. I don't think it's a generic term like library. — Hippietrail 00:35, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
"toolbox" vs "toolset" vs "toolkit"[edit]
Are there any differences between the three terms toolbox, toolset and toolkit? --Daniel Polansky 22:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
- A toolbox is a container, and can be empty. A toolset or toolkit is a set of tools (or maybe a set of tools and its container? I'm not sure. But it's deifnitely not just a container).—msh210℠ (talk) 18:49, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
RFV discussion[edit]
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Rfv-sense: "dumbass or idiot". Exists on the Web, but not seeing it durably archived. Didn't do an extensive search, though.—msh210℠ (talk) 18:21, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
- A b.g.c. search for "what a toolbox" turned up this 2007 cite, and one for "total toolbox" turned up this 2008 cite. Other likely searches didn't turn up a third b.g.c. cite — though I'd welcome anyone else's help — but a Google Groups search for "such a toolbox" turned up these three Usenet cites: 2003 2003 2004. —RuakhTALK 18:42, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
- Okay, never mind then. I'll strike this request, since it was mine, and detag. Sorry for wasting your time.—msh210℠ (talk) 18:45, 15 September 2010 (UTC)