batchとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English bache, bacche, from 古期英語 *bæċe, *bæċċe (“baking; something baked”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“baking”), related to bacan (“to bake”). Compare German Gebäck, Dutch gebak, baksel.

名詞

batch (複数形 batches)

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

   Synonym: recipe

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

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

   Synonyms: pressing, run, lot

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

   Synonyms: group, lot

   • c. 1710-1720, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle to Lord Hervey on the King's Birthday

     a new batch of Lords

4. (computing) 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.

5. (Britain, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
6. (Philippines) A graduating class.

   She was the valedictorian of Batch '73.

7. (obsolete) The process of baking.
   • 1551, T. Wilson, Logike 42 b:

     Except the baker doe his part also in the batch.

派生語

• batch file

動詞

batch (三人称単数 現在形 batches, 現在分詞 batching, 過去形および過去分詞形 batched)

1. (transitive) To aggregate things together into a batch.

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

2. (transitive, computing) 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.

形容詞

batch (not comparable)

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.