containerization

noun

con·​tain·​er·​i·​za·​tion kən-ˌtā-nə-rə-ˈzā-shən 

-nər-ə-

: a shipping method in which a large amount of material (such as merchandise) is packaged into large standardized containers

Examples of containerization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These tools bridge the technical gap between containerization and AI systems while providing enterprise-grade controls for organizations deploying AI at scale. —Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

Use Containerization And Automation Engineering teams can optimize workloads by using containerization, like Docker, to package applications for consistent deployment and orchestration, such as Kubernetes, to automate scaling and management. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025

Because containerization allows software application development engineers to create single units of computing power that can be deployed independently, there is typically a price to pay for that flexibility and freedom. —Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025

Approaches such as virtualization and containerization can help to make workloads leaner and reduce physical server footprint. —Ivo Ivanov, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for containerization

• acclimatisation
• acclimatization
• acidification
• actualization
• annualization
• autocorrelation
• autoregulation
• beatification
• beneficiation
• biodegradation
• biotransformation
• bureaucratization