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Compilation of Software and Tools

Details

Name

Docker

Web Link

https://www.docker.com/resources/what-container

Description

A container is a standard unit of software that packages up code and all its dependencies so the application runs quickly and reliably from one computing environment to another. A Docker container image is a lightweight, standalone, executable package of software that includes everything needed to run an application: code, runtime, system tools, system libraries and settings.

Type

other

Discipline

Subject Agnostic

Keywords

software containerization, reproducibility