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docker run

CLI command instantiating and launching a container with specified isolation boundaries, volumes, and ports.

Mechanism & Definition

CLI command that creates a read-write container layer over an image, configures network/port mappings (`-p`), binds environment variables (`-e`), mounts volumes (`-v`), and executes the container's entrypoint process inside new kernel namespaces.

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