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container

(1) Software that acts as a parent program to hold and execute a set of commands or to run other software routines.

(2) A data structure that holds one or more different types of data. See metafile and OLE.


container
a. a large cargo-carrying standard-sized container that can be loaded from one mode of transport to another
b. (as modifier): a container port

container [kən′tā·nər]
(industrial engineering)
A portable compartment of standard, uniform size, used to hold cargo for air, sea, or ground transport.


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Oh, monsieur, it is one of the axioms of mathematics that the container must be greater than the contained.
Meriem seized the receptacle as the possible container of extra ammunition.
Hastily he gathered up the precious gems and returned them to their container, while Mugambi, assuming an air of indifference, strolled down to the river for his bath.
 
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