File - Tarball (tar.gz file, untar)

Code Shipping - Archive (Distribution)

In the context of code shipping, an archive: contains module (package) in the following form: compiled code or source or/and other resource files is versioned that are used to distribute a rele "...

Docker - Layer

A layer is just the equivalent of a tarball

What is a container image

An image is: a filesystem and parameters to use at runtime. It doesn’t have state and never changes. A container is a running an instance of an image. Type OCI OCI delivers the file system with t "...

What is an OCI Image ? (Open Container Initiative)

OCI is a standardized image format from the Open Container Initiative It's used by Docker Image. Format An OCI image is just a stack of tarballs with a configuration files. The tarballs expand to a d "...

What is an archive ? (Zip, Tar, Jar, ...)

An archive is a tree of file and directory that are grouped in one file.