Diff between foreground nad background processing?

nitya · New User Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Tirupathi

hi

can nayone tell me the difference between foreground and background processing?

Regards
Nitya

kgumraj · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:31 pm

hello,

What you mean is batch and online.

Batch: No interactive of the user is requried.
Online: User interation is a must to proceed.

bhattabhinav · New User Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 6

hello,
i'm new to the mainframes field, but from what i've learned so far i'd just like to add a little to what kiran said, batch jobs are run mainly in the background of an application, no user nteraction is required its all a predefined process flow without any interruption from the user. while online jobs are run in the foreground, that is user input is required for the process in the job, at as many steps requried depending upon the application. for example when a user makes an ATM transaction he/she's actually running the foreground processes, the calculation of balance amounts deductions, discounts, refunding, interest calculation saving the transaction record in the main storage area etc etc etc are the background jobs or the batch processes.

regards
abhinav