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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Glossary

You should be familiar with the following terms when working with Cookbooks:

- **Recipe**: Each product that you want to produce may contain multiple *Recipes*. Each Recipe is unique to the operating conditions.
- **Outcomes**: *Outcomes* are the results that you are seeking to achieve. Outcomes can be maximized (like throughput), minimized (like cost), or target specific values.
- **Levers**: *Levers* are the machine parameters that you can control.
- **Conditions**: *Conditions* are the factors that you cannot control, such as which supplier’s material you are using or the result of an upstream process.
- **Runs**: *Runs* are measurable segments of production output. Runs can be a unit of output or multiple units of output, depending on your production process. Recipes let you control aspects of how to define runs and how to decide which ones to use in determining recommended equipment values.