batch processing
Noun
Meaning
the serial execution of computer programs
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To our dismay, users who had been enduring several hour waits between jobs run under batch processing were suddenly restless when response times were more than a second.
Allows the user to customize the output (like image size, background color) and has batch processing features (converting multiple files in a single step).
Job Control Language (JCL) is z/VSE's batch processing interface.
Like all early mainframe systems, EXEC I and EXEC II were a batch-oriented system that managed magnetic drums, disks, card readers and line printers; EXEC 8 supported both batch processing and on-line transaction processing.
Many early computer systems offered only batch processing, so jobs could be run any time within a 24-hour day.
Most high-performance computing clusters use batch processing to maximize cluster usage.