container
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
container (plural containers)
- Someone who contains; something that contains.
- An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- (transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
- Synonyms: cargo container
- (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
- (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
- 2011, Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)
- As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information.
- 2011, Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)
- (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
- (computing, GUI) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
- See also Thesaurus:container
- French: conteneur
- French: récipient, contenant
- German: Behälter, Behältnis, Gefäß
- Italian: contenitore, recipiente
- Portuguese: recipiente
- Russian: конте́йнер
- Spanish: recipiente
- French: conteneur, container
- German: Container
- Italian: container
- Portuguese: contêiner
- Russian: конте́йнер
- Spanish: contenedor
- French: conteneur
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