In plain language
It trades instant updates for efficiency, such as syncing all of today’s orders in one scheduled run.
Example
A nightly workflow exports the day’s 2,000 invoices to the accounting system in groups of 100.
Related terms
Queue · Pagination · Rate Limit · Array
Common misconception
Batching does not remove the need for error handling; one bad record can fail a whole batch unless items are handled individually.
Implementation guidance
Choose batch sizes within API limits, track which items succeeded, retry only failures, and record the last processed position.