What is the main difference between a virtual machine and a container?
- A A VM runs a full guest OS; a container shares the host kernel
- B Containers include a full OS
- C VMs start faster
- D Containers isolate more strongly
Answer
A VM runs a full guest OS; a container shares the host kernel
Containers are far lighter and start in under a second, but process-level isolation is weaker than a hypervisor boundary.





