unboxing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of unbox

noun

1. The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.

   “The most popular unboxings are for expensive gadgets, like the iPhone, Xbox and PlayStation consoles.”

   “Clips of tech-fiends unwrapping new models of cell phones first began turning up on the Internet about a decade ago. Since then, an entire world has blossomed around the unboxing video, with whole YouTube channels dedicated to the unpackaging of dolls, purses, moisturizers, even food.”

2. Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.

   “Autoboxing and unboxing are typically used for collections of primitives. […] Unboxing involves the production of a primitive for each object.”