---
title: Container
id: container
date: 2018-04-12
full_link: /docs/concepts/overview/what-is-kubernetes/#why-containers
short_description: >
  A lightweight and portable executable image that contains software and all of its dependencies.

aka: 
tags:
- fundamental
- workload
---
 A lightweight and portable executable image that contains software and all of its dependencies.

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Containers decouple applications from underlying host infrastructure to make deployment easier in different cloud or OS environments, and for easier scaling.