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number cruncher definition

number cruncher (krunc̸h′ər)

  1. a computer used for the rapid execution of many or complex calculations (number crunching)
  2. a person, as a statistician or accountant, engaged in the processing of large amounts of numerical data

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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