AUTOEXEC.BAT

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

AUTOEXEC.BAT

   <operating system> The {batch file} containing commands,
   loaded by {MS-DOS} after running {CONFIG.SYS}.  AUTOEXEC.BAT
   contains normal DOS commands and can be used for additional
   system configuration such as setting paths and variables,
   configuring network connections and running {application
   programs}.

   (1995-03-18)