Batch processing

Batch processing

Batch Processing is an execution of a series of jobs at one time. The term batch originated in the days when users entered programs ion on punch cards. They would give system operators a program of punched cards; the system operator would feed them into the computer.

Batch jobs are usually stored up during a period of time then they are ran, like once a month or when the computer is idle. Batch processing is most useful when a computer and or its peripheral devices are free for an extended period of time. When a batch job begins, it will continue until it is done, or if there is an error.

The opposite to batch processing is transaction processing.