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I've heard it called bare metal as opposed to a docker container or VM.
by reassess_blind 2y ago
I've heard it called bare metal as opposed to a docker container or VM.
- ekianjo 2y agoThis is the Wikipedia definition which is the same thing as I said. If it's on top of an OS, it's not bare metal. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare_machine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare_machine
- reassess_blind 2y agoYeah, you're correct by the original definition - but in the modern context of Docker/k8s and web servers, "bare metal" is being colloquially used to refer to installing directly on the bare OS, and people understand that.