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number cruncherA computer that is either specialized for or capable of high-speed calculations. See number crunching. number cruncher [′nəm·bər ‚krən·chər] (computer science) A computer with great power to carry out computations, designed to maximize this ability rather than to process large amounts of data. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Using applications created by SAS, IBM, Oracle, Computer Associates, and Microsoft (which plans to unveil data mining add-ins to its Office 2007 suite of programs this year)--or by designing their own, as Bullock did--these number crunchers track and explain significant patterns, trends, facts, and exceptions that might otherwise go unnoticed. But the apocalyptic number crunchers overlook the fact that America is very different from the rest of the world in ways other than just our resource use. The booming real estate industry has had a knock-on effect on the traditional role of the accounting industry--and the number crunchers are beginning to feel the pressure, according to some. |
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