Containers (Docker)
concept · 2013 · Digital age
Isolating applications.
Developer: Docker, Inc..
Principles and materials it uses
- Linux — uses. Mechanisms of the Linux kernel.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Virtualization — evolved from. Lightweight isolation.
Things built in a similar way
- Shipping container — works like. Standard packaging for an application — like a shipping container for cargo.