Definition of batches:
(n) :
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
(n) :
(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
(n) :
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
(n) :
(computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.
(v) :
(transitive) To aggregate things together into a batch.
(v) :
(transitive, computing) To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.