The difference between Batch and Continuous

When used as adjectives, batch means of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting, whereas continuous means without stopping.

Batch is also noun with the meaning: the quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

Batch is also verb with the meaning: to aggregate things together into a batch.

check bellow for the other definitions of Batch and Continuous

  1. Batch as a noun:

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

    Examples:

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

  2. Batch as a noun:

    A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

    Examples:

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

  3. Batch as a noun:

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

  4. Batch as a noun (computing):

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

    Examples:

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

  5. Batch as a noun (UK, dialect, Midlands):

    A bread roll.

  6. Batch as a noun (Philippines):

    A graduating class.

    Examples:

    "She was the valedictorian of Batch '73."

  7. Batch as a noun (obsolete):

    The process of baking.

  1. Batch as a verb (transitive):

    To aggregate things together into a batch.

    Examples:

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

  2. Batch as a verb (transitive, computing):

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

    Examples:

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

  1. Batch as an adjective:

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

    Examples:

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

  1. Batch as a noun:

    A bank; a sandbank.

  2. Batch as a noun:

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

  1. Batch as a verb (informal):

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

    Examples:

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

  1. Continuous as an adjective:

    Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption

    Examples:

    "synonyms: nonstop"

    "a continuous current of electricity"

  2. Continuous as an adjective:

    Without intervening space; continued

    Examples:

    "synonyms: protracted extended"

    "a continuous line of railroad"

  3. Continuous as an adjective (botany):

    Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

  4. Continuous as an adjective (analysis, of a [[function]]):

    Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.

  5. Continuous as an adjective (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two [[topological space]]s):

    Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

    Examples:

    "Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected."

  6. Continuous as an adjective (grammar):

    Expressing an ongoing action or state.

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