Why do you need a base image with Docker?

Question

I have went through every single page of the documentation of Docker.

I do not understand, yet still, why a \"base image\" (for example, the Ubuntu Base Image) is n

Answer 1

In simple words I can explain that..as we use certain libraries and node packages for our application in similar way we can use Base Images which are already made and use them with simple search.You can also define your own base image and make use of it.