<ul><li>A container is a software unit that packages code and its dependencies to run reliably across different environments.</li><li>Containers are lightweight, share the host OS kernel, and include everything needed to run an application.</li><li>Containers and virtual machines isolate applications, but containers are lighter, more portable, less secure, and easier to manage.</li><li>Containers are smaller and efficient due to not bundling a full OS, unlike VMs, and Docker is a containerization platform.</li></ul>

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