FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Producing utility bills is
A
Online processing
B
Batch processing
C
Real time processing
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Batch processing is used in the following areas: Producing bills (e.g. electricity, water, gas etc) Payroll. Stock Control.

Detailed explanation-2: -A good example of batch processing is how credit card companies do their billing. When customers get their credit card bills, it isn’t a separate bill for each transaction; rather, there is one bill for the entire month. That bill is created using batch processing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Producing utility bills is an example of online processing. An internet browser is used by web designers to test web pages. An internet browser uses an inference engine. Robots produce the same standard every time.

Detailed explanation-4: -Batch processing jobs are run at regularly scheduled times (e.g., overnight) or on an as-needed basis. As an example, bills for utilities and other services received by consumers are typically generated by batch processing each month.

Detailed explanation-5: -Batch processing is the method computers use to periodically complete high-volume, repetitive data jobs. Certain data processing tasks, such as backups, filtering, and sorting, can be compute intensive and inefficient to run on individual data transactions.

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