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Docker vs Container - What's the difference?

docker | container |

As nouns the difference between docker and container

is that docker is one who performs docking, as of tails or docker can be a dockworker while container is a big container made of metal.

docker

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who performs docking, as of tails.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dockworker.
    • Hyponyms
    * longshoreman, stevedore

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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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