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bərˌkrʌn noun Informal.
a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
Also, number cruncher.
Origin:
1965–70
1965–70
Related forms
num·ber-crunch·ing, adjective
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| number crunching | |
| —n | |
| computing the large-scale processing of numerical data | |
| number cruncher | |
| —n | |
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