{"id":1394,"date":"2011-12-07T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/transaction-process-system\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T08:30:11","slug":"transaction-process-system","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/707\/transaction-process-system-tps","title":{"rendered":"Transaction Process System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_transaction_process_system_mean\">What Does Transaction Process System Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A transaction process system (TPS) is an information processing system for business transactions involving the collection, modification and retrieval of all transaction data. Characteristics of a TPS include performance, reliability and consistency.<\/p>\n<p>TPS is also known as transaction processing or real-time processing.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_transaction_process_system\">Techopedia Explains Transaction Process System<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A transaction process system and transaction processing are often contrasted with a batch process system and batch processing, where many requests are all executed at one time. The former requires the interaction of a user, whereas batch processing does not require user involvement. In batch processing the results of each transaction are not immediately available. Additionally, there is a delay while the many requests are being organized, stored and eventually executed. In transaction processing there is no delay and the results of each transaction are immediately available. During the delay time for batch processing, errors can occur. 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