Although I use the term "virtualization" the same way as you want to understand it, containers are still called "virtualization", as this wikipedia page suggest

Although I use the term "virtualization" the same way as you want to understand it, containers are still called "virtualization", as this wikipedia page suggests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-level_virtualization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-level_virtualization Good to know about it. Especially once you meet decades-experienced folks (mainframe guys), they rather use the word "virtualization" in its broader sense, yet they understand the difference between containers and virtual machines.