adjective
- not requiring or using a container; designed to function without a physical container
Usage: technical; computing
Examples
- The new containerless deployment model reduces overhead and improves scalability.
- Containerless applications can run directly on the host operating system.
- The company is exploring containerless alternatives to Docker for their microservices.
- Containerless computing offers simpler resource management in some scenarios.
- The containerless approach eliminates the need for container orchestration platforms.