'''Containerization''' is an [[Operating System-level Virtualization|operating system-level virtualization]] or application-level virtualization over multiple network resources so that software applications can run in isolated user spaces called ''containers'' in any [[Cloud computing|cloud]] or non-cloud environment, regardless of type or vendor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Scheepers|first=Mathijs Jeroen|date=2014|title=Virtualization and Containerization of Application Infrastructure : A Comparison|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Virtualization-and-Containerization-of-Application-Scheepers/b06bc9d88762f5146445bd44e9a9deab174591dd|access-date=2021-07-13|website=www.semanticscholar.org|language=en}}</ref>
