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The C4 model for visualising software architecture (official website)

Not Docker! In the C4 model, a container represents an application or a data store. A container is something that needs to be running in order for the overall software system to work. In real terms, a container is something like: Server-side web application: A Java EE web application running on Apache Tomcat, an ASP.NET MVC application running on Microsoft IIS, a Ruby on Rails application running on WEBrick, a Node.js application, etc. Client-side web application: A JavaScript application running in a web browser using Angular, Backbone.JS, jQuery, etc. Client-side desktop application: A…

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