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runbook

runbook is the alternative form of run book.

Meaning of run book

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
    Synonyms:
    playbook, cookbook

Forms of runbook

pluralrunbooks

Questions about runbook

What is runbook the alternative form of?
Runbook is the alternative form of run book.

Words near runbook in the dictionary

  1. runaway truck ramp
  2. runaway truck ramps
  3. runaways
  4. runback
  5. runbacks
  6. runbook
  7. runbooks
  8. runcation
  9. runcations
  10. runch
  11. runchase

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runbook (page history and authors); run book (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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