Batch processing is a realtime system; you can do hard realtime work (e.g. payroll) with good QoS guarantees because the workload is deterministic. You will st

Batch processing is a realtime system; you can do hard realtime work (e.g. payroll) with good QoS guarantees because the workload is deterministic. You will still find the moral equivalent of batch processing in modern realtime applications; the batches are shorter to be sure, but they are often still scheduled against deadlines and run to completion.