batch
Definitions
General English
Accounting
- noun a group of items which are made at one time
- verb to put items together in groups
Banking
- noun a group of documents which are processed at the same time
Cars & Driving
- noun the number of things produced as a group
- noun a mixture of natural and/or synthetic rubbers with various ingredients, such as fillers, chemicals, and vulcanizing agents, used in tyre production
Computing
- noun a group of tasks or amount of data to be processed as a single unit
- verb to put data or tasks together in groups
Construction
- The quantity produced as the result of one mixing operation, as in a batch of concrete.
Electronics
- In computers, a group or set of items, such as records, documents, or programs, which are utilized as a unit. This is usually accomplished without concurrent user intervention.
- In networks, a group of messages which are transmitted as a unit.
- noun a group of things which are made or dealt with all at one time
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