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Container vs Casing - What's the difference?

container | casing |

As nouns the difference between container and casing

is that container is a big container made of metal while casing is that which encloses or encases.

As a verb casing is

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container

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
  • A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).
  • (by extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
  • (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
  • * 2011 , Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)
    • 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.
  • (computing, GUI) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

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    casing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which encloses or encases.
    • Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn't burst. Others don't.
  • (uncountable, computing) The collective states of upper and lower case letters.
    • The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.

    Derived terms

    * sausage casing

    Verb

    (head)

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