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number crunching

num·ber crunch
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nuhm-ber kruhnch]
    • /ˈnʌm bər krʌntʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nuhm-ber kruhnch]
    • /ˈnʌm bər krʌntʃ/

Definitions of number crunching words

  • noun number crunching a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program. 1
  • noun Definition of number crunching in Technology (application, jargon)   Computations of a numerical nature, especially those that make extensive use of floating-point numbers. The only thing Fortrash is good for. This term is in widespread informal use outside hackerdom and even in mainstream slang, but has additional hackish connotations: namely, that the computations are mindless and involve massive use of brute force. This is not always evil, especially if it involves ray tracing or fractals or some other use that makes pretty pictures, especially if such pictures can be used as wallpaper. See also crunch. 1
  • uncountable noun number crunching If you refer to number crunching, you mean activities or processes concerned with numbers or mathematical calculation, for example in finance, statistics, or computing. 0
  • noun number crunching the large-scale processing of numerical data 0
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Origin of number crunching

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70

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Parts of speech for Number crunching

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number crunching popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for number crunching

noun number crunching

  • count — A Count is a European nobleman with the same rank as an English earl.
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