number cruncher


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
number cruncher
noun informal
  • 1 a computer or program capable of performing rapid calculations with large amounts of data.
  • 2 often derogatory a person dealing with large amounts of numerical data.
– derivatives
number crunching noun.
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