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Batch processing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The term, "batch", originated in the days when programmers wrote code on paper forms which would be keypunched onto 80-column punch cards or paper tape. |
 | | Batch jobs are not thought of as interactive, but transaction processing systems such as IBM's CICS may run from a technical perspective as batch jobs, although this is typically obscured from terminal users. |
 | | The term batch has now become synonymous with the UNIX operating system, it has strong utilites within the Operating System that allow various computing tasks to be run in a controlled and orderly manner. |
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