Docker (software)
open-source software for deploying and running of containerized applications
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.[3]
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| Original author(s) | Solomon Hykes |
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| Developer(s) | Docker, Inc. |
| Initial release | March 20, 2013 |
| Stable release | 27.3.1[1] 
/ 20 September 2024 |
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| Written in | Go |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows, macOS |
| Platform | x86-64, ARM, s390x, ppc64le |
| Type | OS-level virtualization |
| License | Free / Paid [2] |
| Website | docker.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.
References
change- ↑ "v27.3.1". 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ↑ "Docker FAQs".
- ↑ "Docker - easily explained! | Data Basecamp". 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
