number cruncher

1. 1.

   someone able to perform complex and lengthy calculations

   Broadercalculator
2. 2.

   a computer capable of performing a large number of mathematical operations per second

   Broadercomputer

Questions about number cruncher

What does number cruncher mean?

number cruncher means "someone able to perform complex and lengthy calculations". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is number cruncher a common word?

number cruncher is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.