Definition of batch mode

batch mode

noun - uncountable

• a "mode" of human operating in which a collection of similar, unpleasant tasks are performed in one sitting. Also see batch up.

  Lets write the "Thank you" cards for our wedding gifts this weekend in batch mode.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 12 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'batch':
batch	Definitions include: a hut or shanty some distance from the city, probably used as a beach house or second home.
batch up	Definitions include: to accumulate of a number of small tasks (usually of the same kind,) that can be performed at once for greater efficiency.
cook up a batch	Definitions include: to masturbate.
run a batch	Definitions include: male masturbation
Other terms relating to 'mode':
Billy Mays Mode	Definitions include: a "mode" activated by typing in all capital letters.
go beast-mode	Definitions include: to flip out; lose control; be overwhelmed with anger.
God Mode	Definitions include: have God Mode on: to be so smart, so prepared and so powerful that all opposition is rendered as mere folly and you simply walk through it unfazed.

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