Talk:OS-level virtualization: Difference between revisions

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: {{ping|MureninC}} This name directly conflicts with the definition of [[virtualization]] and creates a harmfuldangerous misconception about what is being talked about. Virtualization implies that there's a resource that is being virtualized. In case of containerization - there isn't one. There is no virtual machine, no hypervisor, no virtual resource. It's just OS separating processes on a level of particular system APIs, such that each containerized process group gets its own data from these APIs, with no mix. Historically different techniques were used to achieve this (jails), but the containerization is the current state of the art, and as such it is the accepted nomenclature. Where it's been implemented first and whether people confuse the concept with older techniques should have no bearing on that nomenclature.

: Judging by the previous comments, this rename was unilateral, and counter to the policy at [[Wikipedia:Article titles]], which states: "Generally, article titles are based on what the subject is called in reliable sources.". Almost all of the cited sources refer to this technique as "software containers", whereas "OS-level virtualization" is only used in two of them. [[User:MrMizo|MrMizo]] ([[User talk:MrMizo|talk]]) 18:12, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

: To better illustrate the reasons behind my objection: what is being virtualized here? [[User:MrMizo|MrMizo]] ([[User talk:MrMizo|talk]]) 18:24, 24 October 2021 (UTC)