containerization

English

Alternative forms

• (mostly British) containerisation

Etymology

From container +‎ -ization.

Noun

containerization (countable and uncountable, plural containerizations)

1. The process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport, especially shipping containers.
   • 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 79:

     Again, because containerisation had yet to arrive, we loaded and unloaded the lot by hand.

2. (computing) Software virtualization at the level of the operating system.
   • 2022, Pethuru Raj, Anupama C. Raman, Harihara Subramanian, Cognitive Internet of Things: Enabling Technologies, Platforms, and Use Cases‎^[1], CRC Press, →ISBN:

     These cloud deployments become simple due to well-defined and matured cloud technologies such as containerization, virtual infrastructure, orchestration, CI/CD, etc.

Related terms

• containerize
• containerload
• container ship

 

Translations

the process of containerizing

• French: conteneurisation (fr) f
• Italian: containerizzazione (it) f
• Norman: cont'neurisâtion f
• Swedish: containerisering c

See also

• break-bulk
• intermodal
• transloading
• transshipment