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number-crunching: 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 screen
backgrounds. See also crunch.
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