Data processing modes or computing modes are classifications of different types of computer processing.
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Interactive computing
In computer science, interactive computing refers to software which accepts input from the user as it runs.
Interactive software includes commonly used programs, such as word processors or spreadsheet applications. By comparison, non-interactive ...
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Interactive processing, historically introduced as
Time-sharing
In computing, time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users at the same time by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking.DEC Timesharing (1965), by Peter Clark, The DEC Professional, Volume 1, Number 1
Its emergence ...
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Transaction processing
Transaction processing is information processing in computer science that is divided into individual, indivisible operations called ''transactions''. Each transaction must succeed or fail as a complete unit; it can never be only partially compl ...
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Batch processing
Computerized batch processing is a method of running software programs called jobs in batches automatically. While users are required to submit the jobs, no other interaction by the user is required to process the batch. Batches may automatically ...
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Real-time processing
See also
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Methods of production
Production methods fall into three main categories: job (one-off production), batch (multiple items, one step at a time for all items), and flow
Job production
Job production is used when a product is produced with the labor of one or few work ...
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Computing terminology
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