What are all these interfaces in containers?

Hi I was just wondering what all these additional interfaces are

#ip -br a

lo               UNKNOWN        127.0.0.1/8 
br-203c34ad164f  UP             172.20.0.1/16 
br-68dbfceb94a9  UP             172.21.0.1/16 
br-95cb6799d01d  UP             172.24.0.1/16 
docker0          DOWN           172.17.0.1/16 
br-b25605654f02  UP             172.26.0.1/16 
br-b72ccf9b7115  UP             172.18.0.1/16 
br-1e75ae32b461  UP             172.22.0.1/16 
veth97f4227@if9  UP             
veth33d0757@if11 UP             
vethd6be815@if13 UP             
vethb64fb6e@if15 UP             
veth4293c8e@if17 UP             
veth09d2858@if19 UP             
veth347ca7e@if21 UP             
veth9f814fd@if23 UP             
veth576b5b5@if25 UP             
eth0@if29        UP             192.168.10.10/24 metric 100 fe80::216:3eff:fe25:1f40/64 
veth301b5bf@if27 UP             
vethf8d3e2e@if30 UP             
veth55a151b@if32 UP             
vethfdb3f28@if34 UP             
veth3ead519@if36 UP             
vethd499e7f@if38 UP             
vethb2a2cd0@if40 UP             
vethc777fa4@if42 UP             
veth498c384@if44 UP             
veth982f161@if46 UP             
veth1c65bb7@if48 UP             
veth2256fed@if50 UP             
veth456abda@if52 UP             
+---------+------------------------------+------+-----------+
|  STATE  |             IPV4             | IPV6 |   TYPE    |
+---------+------------------------------+------+-----------+
| RUNNING | 192.168.10.10 (eth0)         |      | CONTAINER |
|         | 172.26.0.1 (br-b25605654f02) |      |           |
|         | 172.24.0.1 (br-95cb6799d01d) |      |           |
|         | 172.22.0.1 (br-1e75ae32b461) |      |           |
|         | 172.21.0.1 (br-68dbfceb94a9) |      |           |
|         | 172.20.0.1 (br-203c34ad164f) |      |           |
|         | 172.18.0.1 (br-b72ccf9b7115) |      |           |
|         | 172.17.0.1 (docker0)         |      |           |
+---------+------------------------------+------+-----------+

Looks like you’re running Docker or something like that inside of the container, the bridges are network bridges for containers to be attached to, the veth devices are the point to point network interfaces used for the containers.

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