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cookbook

cookbook

1 4.3
A set of instructions and files that make it easier to install and set up software on computers or servers
  • noun
  • /ˈkʊkˌbʊk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recetario de automatización
  • cookbook approach

Sure, because you're just forcing people to crank on, on some code or cookbook or whatever because you have a date.

Examples

  • Well, we'll use the exact same cookbook procedure.

  • While there are no cookbook answers to these questions, two guidelines can provide some assistance.

    Academic text (2006)
  • He describes it as a cookbook for human behaviour and it's a guide for tech designers to make habit forming products.

  • Unfortunately, the cookbook approach to assigning work to students has remained largely unchanged in the 45 years that have passed since my senior year in high school.

    Academic text (2006)
  • This means we spend a lot of time with each external team, talking them through our existing NaturalMotion free-to-play cookbook, covering best practices as well as many types of secret sauce.

    Blog text (26)
  • The DevOps team shared a new cookbook containing automation recipes for deploying applications.

  • Using the right cookbook can simplify the process of configuring server environments.

  • Each team member has contributed to the shared cookbook for managing software installations.

Synonyms

playbook
vscookbook
  • Specialized
2 5.6

A script that runs tasks to set up and manage computer systems

is a collection of reusable recipes or config files rather than single task scripts

How Comprehensive

framework
175 4.2
playbook
  • Specialized
2 5.6
cookbook
  • Specialized
1 4.3
recipe
567 1.0
script
  • Specialized
70 3.6
snippet
36 4.8

Surface Forms

cookbook singular
cookbooks plural

Morphology

cookbook = cook + book (semi-transparent) = cook + book

The compound structure is obvious, but the sense is a metaphorical/technical extension (a collection of 'recipes' for automation) that may not be directly inferable by all learners.

Etymology

In computing the word cookbook uses a kitchen idea: it means a collection of 'recipes' — ready instructions you can follow to set up or run software, just like a cookbook's recipes help you make a meal.