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I thought that the purpose of the batch job logon was to allow a log on without loading any interactive bits and pieces, so that when a significant number of logons occur, less overhead is incurred.

The earliest business computer systems developed in the 1950s demonstrated their efficiency by processing records in large batches. In the 1960s, equipment makers introduced interactive terminals, ...