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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>batch</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="batbelt.html" title="batbelt"/><link rel="next" href="bathtub-curve.html" title="bathtub curve"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">batch</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="batbelt.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bathtub-curve.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="batch"/><dt xmlns="" id="batch"><b>batch</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Non-interactive. Hackers use this somewhat more loosely than the
traditional technical definitions justify; in particular, switches on a
normally interactive program that prepare it to receive non-interactive
command input are often referred to as <span class="firstterm">batch
mode</span> switches. A <span class="firstterm">batch
file</span> is a series of instructions written to be handed to an
interactive program running in batch mode. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Performance of dreary tasks all at one sitting. &#8220;<span class="quote">I finally
sat down in batch mode and wrote out checks for all those bills; I guess
they'll turn the electricity back on next week...</span>&#8221; </p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="firstterm">batching up</span>: Accumulation
of a number of small tasks that can be lumped together for greater
efficiency. &#8220;<span class="quote">I'm batching up those letters to send sometime</span>&#8221;
&#8220;<span class="quote">I'm batching up bottles to take to the recycling
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