Meaning of mount in software engineering [closed]
What does "mount" mean in the following sentence:
If you mount a local folder inside a docker container
Solution 1:
Mount in this (IT) context is a technical word meaning to make the local folder available to the computer, so that appears to be within the docker container. In IT the word comes from when a disk or a tape needed to be put into place (mounted like a picture in a frame) before it could be used.