AMming> A term describing a progrAM whose input and output are interleaved, like a conversation, allowing the user' s input to depend on earlier output from the sAMe run. The interaction with the user is usually conducted through either a text-based interface or a graphical user interface. Other kinds of interface, e.g. using speech recognition and/or speech synthesis, are also possible. This is in contrast to batch processing where all the input is prepared before the progrAM runs and so cannot depend on the progrAM' s output. (1996-06-21)