A non-interactive (non-conversational) application such as a printed report or a sort program. See batch processing and batch file. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...

The earliest business computer systems developed in the 1950s demonstrated their efficiency by processing records in large batches. In the 1960s, equipment makers introduced interactive terminals, ...

Typically, most applications consist of both batch and online workloads. This is true even today, when most of our attention has turned to online and web-based interaction. Sure, online activities are ...