number-crunchingadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌmbəˌkrʌn(t)ʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnəmbərˌkrən(t)ʃɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: number n., crunching n. and adj. at crunch v. Derivatives

Etymology: < number n. + crunching n. and adj. at crunch v. Derivatives, after number crunching n. Compare slightly earlier number cruncher n., and slightly later number-crunch v.

colloquial.

That processes large amounts of numerical data.

ΚΠ

1972 Communications ACM 15 319/2 About 75 percent of the LASL computing load is the ‘number crunching’ variety.

1976 IEEE Spectrum Oct. 69/1 Users of large, fast, number-crunching computers often talk in terms of megaflops (millions of floating-point operations per second).

1992 Economist 6 June 89/3 Number-crunching analysts are likely to look for things to praise..about the managers of successful firms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	number-crunching
释义	number-crunchingadj. Brit. /ˈnʌmbəˌkrʌn(t)ʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnəmbərˌkrən(t)ʃɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: number n., crunching n. and adj. at crunch v. Derivatives Etymology: < number n. + crunching n. and adj. at crunch v. Derivatives, after number crunching n. Compare slightly earlier number cruncher n., and slightly later number-crunch v. colloquial. That processes large amounts of numerical data. ΚΠ 1972 Communications ACM 15 319/2 About 75 percent of the LASL computing load is the ‘number crunching’ variety. 1976 IEEE Spectrum Oct. 69/1 Users of large, fast, number-crunching computers often talk in terms of megaflops (millions of floating-point operations per second). 1992 Economist 6 June 89/3 Number-crunching analysts are likely to look for things to praise..about the managers of successful firms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1972
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