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The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

Example: We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.

(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

Example: We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom.

A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.

A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.

Example: The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.

To aggregate things together into a batch.

Example: The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.

To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.

Example: The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning.

Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.

Example: The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line.

A bank; a sandbank.

A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.

To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.

Example: I am batching next week when my wife visits her sister.