batch processing

noun [U]

Definition

› IT the fact of a computer doing a number of jobs on different batches (= groups) of information automatically one after the other: Batch processing is economical when a large volume of data must be processed.

(Definition of batch processing noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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