: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."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- 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.... - pecial-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 or interrupt characters in an interactive interface (as opposed, say, to text entry or normal commands), or for processing of {hidden flag}s in the input of a batch program or {filter}.... - pecial-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 or interrupt characters in an interactive interface (as opposed, say, to text entry or normal commands), or for processing of hidden flags in the input of a batch program or filter.... - cycle server: n. A powerful machine that exists primarily for
running large {batch} jobs.
Implies that interactive tasks such as editing are done on other machines on the network, such as workstations.... - 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 tasks.
If your presentation is due next week, I guess I'd better foreground writing up the design document.... - 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 in the early 1970s, the traditional {big iron} machines were described as `mainframe computers' and eventually just as mainframes.... - 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 in the early 1970s, the traditional big iron machines were described as `mainframe computers' and eventually just as mainframes.... - PBST: Play Batch mode Star Trek
- JCL: /J-C-L/ n. 1. IBM's supremely {rude} Job Control
Language.
JCL is the script language used to control the execution of programs in IBM's batch systems....
