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Kubernetes

Kubernetes comes from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης ‘captain, steersman’, and goes back to κῠβερνάω.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκῠβερνάω‘to steer’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκυβερνήτηςkubernḗtēs‘captain, steersman’
  3. EnglishtodayKubernetes

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  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκῠβερνάω‘to steer’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκυβερνήτηςkubernḗtēs‘captain, steersman’
  3. EnglishtodayKubernetes

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through Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης ‘captain, steersman’

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Today it means

name An open-source orchestrator system of containerized applications, originally designed by Google.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek κῠβερνάω / Kubernetes

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