The Emergence Machine

Container

physical · Technology · Level 4 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Software containers encapsulate applications and dependencies in isolated environments by leveraging the concept of environment to create a self-contained space for software to operate within.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “container” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “container”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0ContainerSoftwareEnvironmentFormInformationStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBoxL5ValveL5FireplaceL6BowlL7CupL7ContainerL4EnvironmentL2SoftwareL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) polysemous
    containers encapsulate applications in isolated environments
  • Software L3 (requires)
    Software containers encapsulate applications and dependencies in isolated environments.

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