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containerization en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. Middle English conteinen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English conteiner English container Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English containerization From container + -ization.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport, especially shipping containers.
    • Again, because containerisation had yet to arrive, we loaded and unloaded the lot by hand. 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 79:
  2. (countable, uncountable) Software virtualization at the level of the operating system.
    • These cloud deployments become simple due to well-defined and matured cloud technologies such as containerization, virtual infrastructure, orchestration, CI/CD, etc. 2022, Pethuru Raj, Anupama C. Raman, Harihara Subramanian, Cognitive Internet of Things: Enabling Technologies, Platforms, and Use Cases, CRC Press, →ISBN:

Forms

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containerisation alternative lexicographic
containerizations Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

intermodal · containerize · container ship · break-bulk · transshipment · containerload · transloading

Translations (5)

pl konteneryzacja (the process of containerizing) · it containerizzazione (the process of containerizing) · sv containerisering (the process of containerizing) · nrf cont'neurisâtion (the process of containerizing) · fr conteneurisation (the process of containerizing)