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batch¹ (băch) pronunciation

An amount produced at one baking: a batch of cookies.
A quantity required for or produced as the result of one operation: made a batch of cookie dough; mixed a batch of cement.
A group of persons or things: a batch of tourists; a whole new batch of problems.
Computer Science. A set of data or jobs to be processed in a single program run.

tr.v., batched, batching, batches.

To assemble or process as a batch.

[Middle English bache, probably from Old English *bcce, from bacan, to bake.]

batch² (băch) pronunciation

n. v. Informal.

Variant of bach.

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A group, or collection, of items.

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1. Mode of data processing that accumulates transactions for periodic file updating. See also bank; on-line.

2. Group of documents or transactions that require similar handling, are from the same time period, and/or are grouped for efficient processing-for example, all cash orders received in one day for the same product.

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Group of checks, drafts, or items handled as a unit for Back Office processing later during the day. Also called block. Contrast with On-Line processing.

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batch
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Definition: group of same objects
Antonyms: individual

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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 batch mode switches. A batch file is a series of instructions written to be handed to an interactive program running in batch mode.

2. Performance of dreary tasks all at one sitting. 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...

3. batching up: Accumulation of a number of small tasks that can be lumped together for greater efficiency. I'm batching up those letters to send sometime I'm batching up bottles to take to the recycling center.

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IN BRIEF: A quantity used or made at one time.

pronunciation

A fresh batch of ginger cookies had just been removed from the oven.

Tutor's tip: To bach means to live as a bachelor, and a bache is a valley that has a small stream. A batch can be either a group or quantity, while to batch is to combine or mix something.

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The noun batch has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: all the loaves of bread baked at the same time

Meaning #2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Synonyms: deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew

Meaning #3: a collection of things or persons to be handled together
Synonym: clutch

The verb batch has one meaning:

Meaning #1: batch together; assemble or process as a batch

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Look up batch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A batch is a group of similar items produced, processed or gathered together and treated as a single unit.

Batch is an adjective used to describe when in production:

Batch production - a method used to produce or process any product in groups that can be called batches, as opposed to a continuous production process. For example baked goods such as cakes are typically produced in batches, while oil refineries often use continuous processes.
Batch processing of tasks by a computer, in which processing-intensive activities are grouped and processed as units, rather than being processed immediately on demand.
Batch renaming of computer files, which allows a user to easily change many filenames at once, usually by using specialized software.

Batch is also a term used in northern parts of Somerset, England for a coal spoil heap - see batch (coal mining).

Batch is also a term used in the Midlands England for a bread roll with a soft crust, often used as a base for breakfast items such as bacon, tomato and/or egg.

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