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container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and shipping.
Container may also refer to:
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Container (abstract data type)
In computer science, a container is a class or a data structureEntry ''data structure'' in the Encyclopædia Britannica (2009Online entryAccessed 4 Oct 2011. whose instances are collections of other objects. In other words, they store objects ...
, a class or data structure that is a collection of other objects
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Container (type theory), abstractions that represent collection types in a uniform way
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Container (virtualization), a server virtualization method
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Container format (computing), for storing related data together, such as audio and video data
Other uses
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''Container'' (board game), a 2007 economic-simulation game
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''Container'' (film), a 2006 Swedish film by Lukas Moodysson
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Container (flowers), plants grown exclusively in containers
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"Container" (song), by Fiona Apple
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Container radar, a Russian over-the-horizon radar system
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Shipping container
A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context o ...
, for shipping
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Intermodal container
An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – from sh ...
, a large standardized shipping container
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Container Bob
''Container Bob'' was the nickname given to Amir Farid Rizk who was found in a shipping container in Italy in October 2001, apparently attempting to travel from Egypt to Canada.
His container was equipped with a bed, toilet, heater, food and water ...
'', nickname for the man found in a shipping container in 2001
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Enclosure (disambiguation)
Enclosure was the legal process in England of enclosing a number of small landholdings to create one larger farm.
Enclosure or enclosed may also refer to:
Land
* Enclosure, an enclosed area of agricultural land; see Field
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Receptacle (disambiguation)
Receptacle may refer to:
Biology
* Receptacle (botany), a plant anatomical part
* Seminal receptacle, a sperm storage site in some insects
Electrical engineering
* Automobile auxiliary power outlet, formerly known as ''cigarette lighter receptac ...
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