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Dropbox n
comp. Dropbox (программа для хранения данных жёсткого диска в "облаке" ileen)
dropbox n
gen. a box wherein objects can be deposited by one person for later collection by another (The two smaller slots are for the dropping of cash or markers into the dropbox when players cash these for casino chips. • The measures include things like enhanced power for poll ‘monitors,’ fewer voting drop-boxes, restrictions on voting by mail, penalties for election officials who fail to purge voters from the rolls, and enhanced power in politicians over election procedures. wiktionary.org)
comp. a computer folder to which files may be dragged and dropped and from which users of other computers on the network can access those files (A desktop computer leaves changes in a dropbox on the network. wiktionary.org)
sew. an enhancement to a loom that allows patterns of multiple colors to be woven from the same loom (In 1738, John Kay, a native of Bury (though at the time residing in Colchester) invented the fly-shuttle, and in 1760 his son Robert invented the dropbox, by which patterns of various colours are woven nearly with the same facility as plain calico. wiktionary.org)