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Vinony

container

noun

  1. made hollow object that can contain materials
  2. class, data structure in computer science
  3. abstractions in type theory
  4. software that emulates a whole computer by means of an isolated user-space environment running on top of the operating system's kernel
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kənˈteɪ.nə/ / /kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/ / /kənˈʈeː.nə(r)/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English conteyner, equivalent to contain + -er.

  1. Someone who contains; something that contains.
  2. Someone who contains; something that contains.

    “Will container development merely bring about a substitution for the body of the covered wagon? Probably not, in his view, but he believes that the size and tonnage of the container are likely to increase pari passu with the lifting capacity of handling appliances.”

    “The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths.”

  3. Someone who contains; something that contains.
  4. Someone who contains; something that contains.

    “As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information.”

  5. Someone who contains; something that contains.

    “This advantage is the primary incentive for using a list container, rather than a vector or a deque.”

  6. Someone who contains; something that contains.

    “Flex automatically creates a TabBar container at the top of the TabNavigator container, with a tab corresponding to each child container. Each tab can have its own label and icon.”

  7. Someone who contains; something that contains.
  8. Someone who contains; something that contains.

    “Generally, when people think of serverless computing, they tend to think of applications with back-ends that run on third-party services, also described as code running on ephemeral containers.”

    “The application components all run in containers. They are isolated like VMs but lightweight and efficient like PaaS services.”

  9. Someone who contains; something that contains.

    “As with all varieties of cryptic clues, the container device can be used in conjunction with other devices, especially in more complex cryptic crosswords.”

    “Container word clues are actually three clues in one.”