batch processing

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noun Computers.

a form of data processing in which a number of input jobs are grouped for processing during the same machine run.

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Origin of batch processing

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby batch processing

Batavian, bat boy, batch, Bat Chayil, batch plant, batch processing, bate, bat-eared, bateau, bateau neck, bateleur

How to use batch processing in a sentence

And if people find themselves dissatisfied with how often they turn to fast food, Bacon says to try things like batch cooking.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Make a batch of these rum balls, climb into a onesie, and let your favorite movie do the rest.
Carla Hall’s Christmas Day Treat: Rum Balls|Carla Hall|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was able to be alone while not alone, processing the fact that while I was marching and chanting I could literally die.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting|Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After processing in everyone else, the cops took him somewhere for a reminder of their thoughts on “rapos.”
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But the recent batch of polls shows Americans to be, what else, deeply split on whether Obama was right to do this by fiat.
Staving Off a Democratic Civil War|Michael Tomasky|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
About one thousand pounds of tobacco would form an ordinary batch of snuff.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
As new processing methods are devised, Virginia will undoubtedly increase the development of such resources.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
Nevertheless, a batch of convicts occasionally breaks jail, and those who are not shot down escape.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The textile industry in Virginia includes the spinning and processing of yarn and the weaving and finishing of material.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
Nevertheless, the fisheries supply additional employment to processing and wholesale employees.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey

British Dictionary definitions for batch processing

batch processing

noun

manufacturing products or treating materials in batches, by passing the output of one process to subsequent processesCompare continuous processing

a system by which the computer programs of a number of individual users are submitted to the computer as a single batchCompare time sharing (def. 2)

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