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Kinnary JanglaAccelerating Development Velocity Using Dockerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3936-0_2

2. Docker

Kinnary Jangla1 
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San Francisco, CA, USA
 

Docker is another term for longshoreman. Longshoreman: a person employed by a port to load and unload ships.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/docker

In the last chapter, you saw what containers are and the differences between them and virtual machines (VMs). You also read about some of the advantages of containers and the challenges of using them.

Docker provides a solution to some of the problems posed by containers. But why did Docker become so successful only in recent years? Let’s look into that a little .

In this chapter, you will learn about ...

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