Docker (software)

Docker is a technology that bundles a software program with all of the other software that application needs to run, such as an operating system, third-party software libraries, etc. Software bundled like this is called a container.[2]

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Original author(s)Solomon Hykes
Developer(s)Docker, Inc.
Initial releaseMarch 20, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-03-20)
Written inGo
Operating systemLinux, Windows, macOS
Platformx86-64, ARM, s390x, ppc64le
TypeOS-level virtualization
LicenseFree / Paid [1]
Websitedocker.com

The benefit of using Docker to put applications in containers is that they can be run on different kinds of computers (for example, both a laptop and a web server), without the risk of a missing software library or a different operating system causing the application to not work.

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References

  1. "Docker FAQs".
  2. "Docker - easily explained! | Data Basecamp". 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-07-15.