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title: "Images, containers, and processes"
description: "How do an image, a container, and a running process differ?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T27.01/"
topicId: "T27.01"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How do an image, a container, and a running process differ?

## What we will work through

Trace a process starting from an image and explain container state.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Deployment topology: processes, nodes, and regions.

- [Deployment topology: processes, nodes, and regions](/en/articles/topics/T01.07/)