containerization

noun

con·​tain·​er·​i·​za·​tion kən-ˌtā-nə-rə-ˈzā-shən How to pronounce containerization (audio)
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: 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 This is particularly evident in environments leveraging containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes, where API management dynamics take on a whole new level of complexity. Steve Rodda, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 With the shift toward microservices and containerization, CNAPP solutions can offer comprehensive protection by securing application workloads, monitoring runtime behavior and helping safeguard against emerging threats specific to cloud-native architectures. Ran Nahmias, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 Technology that makes a traditional occupation largely disappear — for example, the way freight containerization more or less eliminated the need for longshoremen — can be devastating for those displaced. Paul Krugman, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024 Our current design is based on containerization, and ECS is what makes that possible. Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 19 July 2023 New York is embarking on its first study to explore citywide trash containerization. Diana Budds, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2022 Solutions addressing the complexities of cloud-native technologies and containerization. Steve McDowell, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 The crisis of the 1970s sped containerization and spurred regional and multilateral trade liberalization. Harold James, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023 There’s still no trash containerization, but that’s up to the Department of Sanitation rather than the DOT (and Jessica Tisch is at least talking the talk over there). Curbed, 18 July 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of containerization was in 1956

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“Containerization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/containerization. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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