batch

ot noun

1. The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time. We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.
2. (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation. We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom.
3. A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program. The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.
4. A graduating class. She was the valedictorian of Batch '73.

fe’l verb

1. To aggregate things together into a batch. The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.
2. To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process. The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning.
3. To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married. I am batching next week when my wife visits her sister.

sifat adjective

1. Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting. The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line.