batch (adj.)

1. Non-interactive. Hackers use this somewhat more loosely than the traditional technical definitions justify; in particular, switches on a normally interactive program that prepare it to receive non-interactive command input are often referred to as batch mode switches. A batch file is a series of instructions written to be handed to an interactive program running in batch mode.

2. Performance of dreary tasks all at one sitting.

I finally sat down in batch mode and wrote out checks for all those bills; I guess they'll turn the electricity back on next week...

3. batching up: Accumulation of a number of small tasks that can be lumped together for greater efficiency.

I'm batching up those letters to send sometime

I'm batching up bottles to take to the recycling center.