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A lightweight, portable unit of software that packages an application and all its dependencies into a standardised, isolated runtime environment.
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API (Application Programming Interface)
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IVT
A defined set of rules and protocols that allows software components to communicate with one another.
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CLI (Command-Line Interface)
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A text-based interface through which users interact with software by typing commands into a terminal or shell.
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