What's Docker, and what are containers?
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The TL;DR
Containers are a way to run code in isolated boxes within an operating system; they help avoid disastrous failures and add some consistency to how you set up applications.
Special software called a hypervisor allows multiple isolated operating systems to run on one computer, and containers do the same for operating systems (🤯)
Containers also pr…
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