batch adj.
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."
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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- batch adj.
1. Non-interactive. Hackers use this somewhat
more loosely than the traditional technical definitions justify;
in particular, switches on a normally interactive... - special-case vt.
To write unique code to handle input to or
situations arising in a program that are somehow distinguished from
normal processing.
This would be used for processing of mode switches... - special-case: vt. To write unique code to handle input to or
situations arising in a program that are somehow distinguished from
normal processing.
This would be used for processing of mode switches... - cycle server: n. A powerful machine that exists primarily for
running large {batch} jobs.
Implies that interactive tasks such as editing are... - mainframe n.
Term originally referring to the cabinet
containing the central processor unit or `main frame' of a
room-filling Stone Age batch machine.
After the emergence of smaller `minicomputer' designs... - PBST: Play Batch
mode Star... - foreground: [UNIX] vt. To bring a task to the top of one's
{stack} for immediate processing,
and hackers often use it in this sense for non-computer... - foreground vt.
[Unix; common] To bring a task to the
top of one's stack for immediate processing,
and hackers often use it in this sense for non-computer... - mainframe: n. Term originally referring to the cabinet
containing the central processor unit or `main frame' of a
room-filling {Stone Age} batch machine.
After the emergence of smaller `minicomputer' designs...
