What is Docker (software)?
{{infobox software | title = Docker | name = Docker | logo = Docker (container engine) logo.svg | screenshot = | caption = | collapsible = | author = Solomon Hykes | developer = [[Docker, Inc.]] | released = {{Start date and age|2013|3|20}} | discontinued = | latest release version = {{wikidata|property|references|edit|P348}} | latest release date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}} | latest preview version = | programming language = [[Go (programming language)|Go]] | operating system = [[Linux]], [[Windows]], [[macOS]] | platform = [[x86-64]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]], [[z/Architecture|s390x]], [[ppc64]]le | language = | genre = [[OS-level virtualization]] | license = Free / Paid <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.docker.com/pricing/faq#subscriptionandlicensing | title = Docker FAQs }}</ref> | website = {{URL|https://www.docker.com/|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'''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-23|title=Docker - easily explained! {{!}} Data Basecamp|url=https://databasecamp.de/en/data/docker-basics|access-date=2022-07-15|language=en-US}}</ref> 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== {{reflist}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Computer programming]] [[Category:Virtualization software]]