run
To move quickly on foot. To start or operate something, like a machine or a program.
What a model may hear
- execute code programming, command line
- execute a script, binary, or command in a shell or interpreter
- container instance Docker, Kubernetes
- treat as a one-off execution or ephemeral container rather than a persistent service
- ML training pass machine learning platforms
- log metrics, save checkpoints, and version the experiment in a tracking system
- workflow step CI/CD, GitHub Actions
- trigger a job or pipeline stage, often with specific environment variables
- database migration ORMs, Rails, Alembic
- apply pending schema changes or seed data
Where people and models part ways
“Run this for me”
Meant: Please start the program I am pointing at
May be taken as: The model may ask for flags, arguments, or a specific runtime environment
Say instead: “Open and start the application called X”
“I went for a run”
Meant: Exercise, jogging
May be taken as: The model may parse as a system process or scheduled task
Say instead: “I jogged three miles this morning”
“Run the numbers”
Meant: Calculate or analyze data
May be taken as: The model may attempt to execute a script named 'numbers'
Say instead: “Calculate these figures for me”
“Run it by me first”
Meant: Show me before deciding
May be taken as: The model may interpret as a request to execute before review
Say instead: “Let me review it before we proceed”
Tips
- Say 'start the program' or 'open the app' when you mean software
- Say 'execute' only if you want code to run in a technical environment
- Specify 'jog' or 'exercise' to avoid sports confusion
- In business contexts, say 'review' or 'calculate' instead of 'run'
- If you mean a one-time task, say 'do this once' to avoid loop assumptions
Often confused with
- execute
- more formal, always means to run code
- launch
- starts a service or application, not a script
- deploy
- puts code into production, not just running it
- build
- compiles code, does not run it
- schedule
- sets a future run time, not immediate
- iterate
- repeats a process, not a single run