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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>numbers</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="number-crunching.html" title="number-crunching"/><link rel="next" href="NUXI-problem.html" title="NUXI problem"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">numbers</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="number-crunching.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="NUXI-problem.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="numbers"/><dt xmlns="" id="numbers"><b>numbers</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [scientific computation] Output of a computation that may not be
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significant results but at least indicate that the program is running. May
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be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc. <span class="firstterm">Making numbers</span> means running a program because
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output — any output, not necessarily meaningful output — is
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