In 2011, the average salary for all surgeons and physicians was $184,650 a year, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But extremely high or low salaries can skew the average, and median wage is usually a better indication of earning potential. Half of all surgeons earn $187,000 or more a year.
a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners. 2. the quantity of material prepared or required for one operation: mixing a batch of concrete. 3. the quantity of bread, cookies, dough, or the like, made at one baking.
Batch mode refers to batch processing, which means automated processing, without human intervention. Batch is the opposite of interactive. In batch mode, top produces output that's more sensible for collecting to a log file or for parsing (though top isn't really good at producing parseable output even in batch mode).