A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and shipping.
Container may also refer to:
Computing
- Container (abstract data type), a class or data structure that is a collection of other objects
- Container (type theory), abstractions that represent collection types in a uniform way
- Container, in computing represents containerization (computing) as it pertains to software application deployment
- Container format (computing), for storing related data together, such as audio and video data
Other uses
- Container (board game), a 2007 economic-simulation game
- Container (film), a 2006 Swedish film by Lukas Moodysson
- Container (flowers), plants grown exclusively in containers
- "Container" (song), by Fiona Apple
- "Container" (The Apprentice), a 2013 television episode
- Container radar, a Russian over-the-horizon radar system
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See also
- Container Bob, nickname for the man found in a shipping container in 2001
- Enclosure (disambiguation)
- Receptacle (disambiguation)