Docker (software)

Docker
Original author(s)	Solomon Hykes
Developer(s)	Docker, Inc.
Initial release	March 20, 2013; 11 years ago
Stable release	26.1.3 / 16 May 2024; 11 days ago
Repository	github.com/moby/moby ;
Written in	Go
Operating system	Linux, Windows, macOS
Platform	x86-64, ARM, s390x, ppc64le
Type	OS-level virtualization
License	Free / Paid
Website	docker.com

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]

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 | change source]

↑ "v26.1.3". 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
↑ "Docker FAQs".
↑ "Docker - easily explained! | Data Basecamp". 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-07-15.

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[wikidata-1a30a2416fdd77c4b986861f1c4004a9a3ac7895-v10-1] "v26.1.3". 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

[2] "Docker FAQs".

[3] "Docker - easily explained! | Data Basecamp". 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-07-15.

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