What is known as a code execution environment running within an operating system that shares and uses the resources of the operating system?

The correct answer is D. Container. Containers are code execution environments that run within an operating system (for now), sharing and leveraging resources of that operating system. While a VM is a full abstraction of an operating system, a container is a constrained place to run segregated processes while…

Virtualization and Containers

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APlatform-based Workload
BPod
CAbstraction
DContainer
EVirtual machine

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Containers are code execution environments that run within an operating system (for now), sharing and leveraging resources of that operating system. While a VM is a full abstraction of an operating system, a container is a constrained place to run segregated processes while still utilizing the kernel and other capabilities of the base OS.

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#container#OS-level virtualization#workload isolation#runtime environment

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