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A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and shipping.

Container may also refer to:

Computing

• Container (abstract data type), a class or data structure that is a collection of other objects
• Container (type theory), abstractions that represent collection types in a uniform way
• Container (virtualization), a server virtualization method
• Container format (computing), for storing related data together, such as audio and video data

Other uses

• Container (board game), a 2007 economic-simulation game
• Container (film), a 2006 Swedish film by Lukas Moodysson
• Container (flowers), plants grown exclusively in containers
• "Container" (song), by Fiona Apple
• Container radar, a Russian over-the-horizon radar system

See also

• Container Bob, nickname for the man found in a shipping container in 2001
• Enclosure (disambiguation)
• Receptacle (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Container
• All pages with titles containing Container