batch processing

1. manufacturing products or treating materials in batches, by passing the output of one process to subsequent processes. Compare continuous processing

2. (Computer Science) a system by which the computer programs of a number of individual users are submitted to the computer as a single batch. Compare time sharing²

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Noun

batch processing - the serial execution of computer programs

instruction execution, execution - (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

Translations

traitement par lots

elaborazione a lotti

batch processing

n (Comput) → elaborazione f a blocchi

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