What does run SQL statement in a batch mean code example

Example: What does run SQL statement in a batch mean

INSERT INTO Orders (OrderID, CustID, OpenDate, SalesPerson, Status)  
   VALUES (2002, 1001, {fn CURDATE()}, 'Garcia', 'OPEN');  
INSERT INTO Lines (OrderID, Line, PartID, Quantity)  
   VALUES (2002, 1, 1234, 10);  
INSERT INTO Lines (OrderID, Line, PartID, Quantity)  
   VALUES (2002, 2, 987, 8);  
INSERT INTO Lines (OrderID, Line, PartID, Quantity)  
   VALUES (2002, 3, 566, 17);  
INSERT INTO Lines (OrderID, Line, PartID, Quantity)  
   VALUES (2002, 4, 412, 500)