container

noun

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

(transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

Someone who contains; something that contains.

(computing) (file format) A file format that can hold various types of data.

(computing) (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.

(computing) (graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

(computing) (cloud computing) A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.

(by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.

(computing) (Java programming language) A web container.

(crosswording) A type of cryptic device where one word is inserted into another.

Roots

teneotain- · Latin · hold

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Where does container come from?

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