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. 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."
