"autoboxing" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-uk-autoboxing.ogg [UK]
Etymology: auto- + boxing Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|boxing}} auto- + boxing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} autoboxing (uncountable)
  1. (object-oriented programming) Automatic boxing, the implicit conversion of primitive data types to wrapper objects. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming Translations (automatic boxing): automaattinen kuorrutus (Finnish), autoboxing (French)
    Sense id: en-autoboxing-en-noun-MleQETfg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with auto-

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