NUMBER-CRUNCHING


Meaning of NUMBER-CRUNCHING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ n. ]

[common] Computations of a numerical nature, esp. those that make extensive use of floating-point numbers. The only thing Fortrash is good for. This term is in widespread informal use outside hackerdom and even in mainstream slang, but has additional hackish connotations: namely, that the computations are mindless and involve massive use of brute force . This is not always evil , esp. if it involves ray tracing or fractals or some other use that makes pretty pictures , esp. if such pictures can be used as wallpaper . See also crunch .

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