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run book

run book noun: a set of procedures prepared by an administrator for the day-to-day maintenance and exception handling of an IT system; (loosely) such a set of procedures for a job whether IT-specific or not.

Noun

run book (plural run books)

  1. A set of procedures prepared by an administrator for the day-to-day maintenance and exception handling of an IT system; (loosely) such a set of procedures for a job whether IT-specific or not.
    • Near-synonyms: playbook, cookbook
    • Security administrators can create a series of runbooks and playbooks that can be used in response to a wide range of incident response activities.2021, Arthur Conklin, Greg White, Chuck Cothren, Roger L. Davis, Dwayne Williams, Principles of Computer Security, McGraw Hill, →ISBN, page 542
    Synonyms:
    playbook, cookbook

Synonyms of run book

Forms of run book

pluralrun books
alternative formrunbook

Questions about run book

What does run book mean?
Run book means a set of procedures prepared by an administrator for the day-to-day maintenance and exception handling of an IT system; (loosely) such a set of procedures for a job whether IT-specific or not.
What part of speech is run book?
Run book is a noun.
What is the plural of run book?
The plural of run book is run books.

Words near run book in the dictionary

  1. run batted in
  2. run before
  3. run behind
  4. run bike
  5. run bikes
  6. run book
  7. run books
  8. run by
  9. run chase
  10. run chases
  11. run circles around

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