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Getting Started with Docker
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Getting Started with Docker

by Nigel Poulton
July 2024
Intermediate to advanced
116 pages
1h 41m
English
Packt Publishing
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Terminology

This glossary defines some of the most common Docker and container-related terms used in the book.

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As always, I know that some of you are passionate about technical term definitions. I’m OK with that, and I’m not saying my definitions are better than anyone else’s — they’re just here to be helpful.

Term Definition (according to Nigel)
Container A container is an isolated part of an OS designed to run a single application. To an application, a container looks exactly like a regular OS. Containers are smaller, faster, and more portable than virtual machines. We sometimes call them Docker containers or OCI containers
   
Compose An open specification ...
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ISBN: 9781835463550