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Definition of containerization
: a shipping method in which a large amount of material (such as merchandise) is packaged into large standardized containers
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Many in the shipping industry regarded containerization as a concept with little potential; McLean was, after all, an outsider unfamiliar with the industry’s storied traditions.
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Ceiling was eventually replaced by containerization, and Mr. Browne closed the business in the 1960s.
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OpenShift Container Platform, now at version 3.5, is Red Hat's containerization-as-a-service offering.
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All this began to change with containerization, as goods were no longer shipped loose but packed into containers that stacked efficiently, and transferred easily between ships and trucks and trains.
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First Known Use of containerization
1956
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Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about containerization
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