Container Init
Noun · Development
Definitions
The initialization process or small init system used as PID 1 in a container to handle signal forwarding, zombie reaping, and startup behavior correctly. Container init is often overlooked until processes fail to shut down cleanly or child processes accumulate in long-running workloads.
In plain English: The initialization process responsible for proper startup and signal handling inside a container.
Example: "They added a tiny container init process so graceful shutdown finally worked and orphaned child processes stopped piling up inside the worker pods."