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containercontained

Containercontained is a term used in discussions of systems design to describe the relationship between a container and the items it contains. It emphasizes the boundary between container and contents and how responsibility, lifecycle management, and policies are applied across that boundary.

The term is a neologism formed from container and contained. It does not refer to a single

In computing, the container-contained perspective is common in software architecture and virtualization. A container provides an

In other domains, containercontained is used to discuss packaging and logistics, where a physical container holds

See also: containerization, encapsulation, containment, hermeticity.

standardized
concept,
but
rather
to
a
family
of
ideas
about
encapsulation,
resource
governance,
and
isolation
as
they
pertain
to
containers
and
their
payloads.
isolated
execution
environment
and
allocates
resources,
while
the
contents—such
as
processes,
services,
or
data—are
subject
to
the
container's
governance.
This
framing
helps
describe
how
updates,
security
policies,
and
failures
propagate
from
the
container
boundary
to
its
contents
and
back.
a
defined
payload
and
the
terms
of
containment
(weights,
handling,
labeling)
apply
to
the
contents
as
a
unit.
In
data
modeling,
the
concept
can
describe
how
a
data
container
(such
as
a
storage
bucket
or
namespace)
governs
contained
objects
through
access
controls
and
lifecycle
rules.