batch processing
noun Computers.
a form of data processing in which a number of input jobs are grouped for processing during the same machine run.
Words nearby batch processing
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Origin of batch processing
First recorded in 1970–75
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Examples from the Web for batch processing
It is very helpful in any machine with a batch-processing resident monitor and in other special situations.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969|H. W. Fulbright et al.
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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