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containerization

noun

  1. conversion or trending towards packing into, or transport by means of, containers
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English container Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English containerization From container + -ization.

  1. The process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport, especially shipping containers.

    “Again, because containerisation had yet to arrive, we loaded and unloaded the lot by hand.”

  2. Software virtualization at the level of the operating system.

    “These cloud deployments become simple due to well-defined and matured cloud technologies such as containerization, virtual infrastructure, orchestration, CI/CD, etc.”