:title: Application
:description: A Deis application services requests and background jobs from a deployed git repository.
:keywords: application, app, deis

.. _application:

Application
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An application services requests and background jobs for a deployed git repository.
Each application is includes a set of :ref:`Containers <container>`
used to run isolated processes, and a :ref:`Release` that defines the current 
:ref:`Build` and :ref:`config` deployed by containers.