"batch file" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: batch files [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} batch file (plural batch files)
  1. (computing, especially MS-DOS) A file containing a series of instructions to be carried out by the operating system. Wikipedia link: batch file Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: shell script Translations (file containing instructions for OS): 批處理文件 (Chinese Mandarin), 批处理文件 (pīchǔlǐ wénjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 批處理 (Chinese Mandarin), 批处理 (pīchǔlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), skripto (Esperanto), pakkfail (Estonian), komentojonotiedosto (Finnish), bat-tiedosto (Finnish), BAT tiedosto (Finnish), fichier batch [masculine] (French), Stapelverarbeitungsdatei [feminine] (German), Batchdatei [feminine] (German), αρχείο εντολοδέσμης (archeío entolodésmis) [neuter] (Greek), αρχείο δέσμης εντολών (archeío désmis entolón) [feminine] (Greek), バッチファイル (batchifairu) (Japanese), паке́тный файл (pakétnyj fajl) [masculine] (Russian), бэтч-файл (bɛtč-fajl) [masculine] (Russian), batchfil [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for batch file meaning in English (3.9kB)

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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Batchdatei"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "archeío entolodésmis",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "αρχείο εντολοδέσμης"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "word": "批處理文件"
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      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "word": "pakkfail"
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      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "word": "komentojonotiedosto"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "word": "bat-tiedosto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "word": "BAT tiedosto"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "fichier batch"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Stapelverarbeitungsdatei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Batchdatei"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archeío entolodésmis",
      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "αρχείο εντολοδέσμης"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archeío désmis entolón",
      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
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      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "word": "バッチファイル"
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      "roman": "pakétnyj fajl",
      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "паке́тный файл"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bɛtč-fajl",
      "sense": "file containing instructions for OS",
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