Environmentsin
Environmentsin is a term used to describe an approach for representing, organizing, and operating multiple runtime or ecological environments within a single framework. The term blends environments with in to underscore the containment of diverse contexts inside a unified system.
Use and scope: The term is not a formal standard; it appears in theoretical discussions and experimental
Core concepts: Environment definitions; environment graphs that capture dependencies and hierarchies; life-cycle and change management; isolation
Applications: Software engineering pipelines; reproducible scientific experiments; education laboratories; research environments where users can switch between
Relation to existing ideas: Environmentsin overlaps with containerization, virtualization, and configuration management, offering a unified view
See also: containerization, virtual environments, environment management.