Batch file
BAT is a file extension for a batch file format. BAT files are primarily associated with Microsoft’s Batch Processing.
A batch file takes the form of a text file containing a sequence of commands for an operating system. Batch files are named for the fact that they batch commands into a single file that would otherwise have to be presented to the system interactively from a keyboard one at a time.
The best known batch file is the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, which initializes DOS when you start the system.) In Unix-based operating systems, a batch file is called a shell script.
Batch processing began in the early days of the mainframe and continues in the mainframe environment to this day.
MIME type: application/bat, application/x-bat, application/x-msdos-program, application/textedit, application/octet-stream
Learn more about BAT files:
Ronald Schmelzer discusses batch processing with SOA.
See, ask or answer questions about batch files on ITKnowledge.com.
Wikipedia explains batch processing.
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