Definition of Number crunching

1. Noun. Performing complex and lengthy numerical calculations.

Generic synonyms: Calculation, Computation, Computing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Number Crunching

numbats
numbed
numbedness
number
number-cruncher
number-crunchers
number-crunching
number-theoretical
number-theoretically
number 1
number 2
number 2 pencil
number agreement
number cruncher
number crunchers
number crunching (current term)
number eight
number eights
number eleven
number field
number fields
number five
number fives
number four
number fours
number games
number line
number lines
number needed to harm
number nine

Literary usage of Number crunching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Clausewitzian Friction & Future War by Barry D. Watts (1996)
"Yes, as a practical matter the amount of repetitive number crunching involved in any serious exploration demands machine assistance, and one does have to be ..."

2. Design and Analysis of Integrated Manufacturing Systems by W. Dale Compton (1988)
"These different subsystems—administrative operations, graphical interactions, number crunching, batch processing, transaction processing, and real-time ..."

3. Energy Efficiency: Challenges and Trends for Electric Utilities (1993)
"Examples include security authentication, procedures for number crunching, formats to display data, alert lists, logic algorithms, software for pattern ..."

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