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number cruncher

noun

Definitions

  1. An accountant or other person who deals with the calculation of numbers as a profession.

  2. A program, algorithm, or hardware with a focus on numerical calculation.

    • Right above the database access layer sits a number cruncher that performs any calculations that a particular request may require, such as computing a standard deviation. In many cases, this layer just forwards raw numbers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for number cruncher. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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