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number cruncher [2 records]

Record 1 2014-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
DEF

A machine that performs intensive arithmetical calculations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
DEF

Machine servant à effectuer un grand nombre de calculs arithmétiques.

Key term(s)
  • super calculateur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
DEF

Máquina que tiene gran capacidad cálculo, siendo su característica más sobresaliente su capacidad para manejar cifras grandes, pero no la de procesar grandes cantidades de datos.

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Record 2 1999-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Accounting
  • Corporate Management (General)
OBS

See "number crunch".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Comptabilité
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
CONT

Mon propre secteur, LA STRATÉGIE, penche désormais du côté des mangeurs de chiffres plus intéressés par les techniques de l'analyse concurrentielle que par les subtilités de l'élaboration d'une stratégie.

OBS

Source : Henry Mintzberg (Prof à McGill), "Formons des managers, non des MBA!" HARVARD-L'EXPANSION 88-89.

Spanish

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