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Vm vs Container - What's the difference?

vm | container |

As an initialism vm

is voice mail.

As a noun container is

a big container made of metal.

vm

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • voice mail
  • (computing) virtual machine
  • (computing) An IBM operating system that can run multiple operating systems within a computer at the same time, each one running its own programs (abbreviation of Virtual Machine)
    • (wikipedia VM)

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    container

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    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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