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 processing is execution of a series of programs (jobs) on a computer without manual intervention. Several transactions, called a batch are collected and processed at the same time. The results of each transaction are not immediately available when the transaction is being entered; there is a time delay.