An accountant or other person who deals with the calculation of numbers as a profession
If you refer to number crunchers, you mean people whose jobs involve dealing with numbers or mathematical calculations, for example in finance or statistics. Even if the recovery is under way, it may be some time before the official number crunchers confirm it. someone whose job involves working with numbers, such as an accountant
a computer capable of performing a large number of mathematical operations per second someone able to perform complex and lengthy calculations