&gt; Containers are no vm&#x27;s<p>A container is whatever you want it to be. Single process? Sure. Full OS? Sure. Somewhere in between? Sure.<p>Containers are not new technology, and they were not invented by Docker or Linux. An artificially-constrained view of what a container is (or should be) that&#x27;s driven by one tool&#x27;s marketing (Docker) isn&#x27;t helpful.