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adv. accidentally, by chance, fortuitously, without prior planning adj. chance, fortuitous, accidental, unplanned | ||||
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Random Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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random
1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical definition); weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly."
2. Assorted; undistinguished. "Who was at the conference?" "Just a bunch of random business types."
3. (pejorative) Frivolous; unproductive; undirected. "He's just a random loser."
4. Incoherent or inelegant; poorly chosen; not well organised. "The program has a random set of misfeatures." "That's a random name for that function." "Well, all the names were chosen pretty randomly."
5. In no particular order, though deterministic. "The I/O channels are in a pool, and when a file is opened one is chosen randomly."
6. Arbitrary. "It generates a random name for the scratch file."
7. Gratuitously wrong, i.e. poorly done and for no good apparent reason. For example, a program that handles file name defaulting in a particularly useless way, or an assembler routine that could easily have been coded using only three registers, but redundantly uses seven for values with non-overlapping lifetimes, so that no one else can invoke it without first saving four extra registers. What randomness!
8. A random hacker; used particularly of high-school students who soak up computer time and generally get in the way.
9. Anyone who is not a hacker (or, sometimes, anyone not known to the hacker speaking). "I went to the talk, but the audience was full of randoms asking bogus questions".
10. (occasional MIT usage) One who lives at Random Hall. See also J. Random, some random X.
[Jargon File]
(1995-12-05)
1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical definition); weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly."
2. Assorted; undistinguished. "Who was at the conference?" "Just a bunch of random business types."
3. (pejorative) Frivolous; unproductive; undirected. "He's just a random loser."
4. Incoherent or inelegant; poorly chosen; not well organised. "The program has a random set of misfeatures." "That's a random name for that function." "Well, all the names were chosen pretty randomly."
5. In no particular order, though deterministic. "The I/O channels are in a pool, and when a file is opened one is chosen randomly."
6. Arbitrary. "It generates a random name for the scratch file."
7. Gratuitously wrong, i.e. poorly done and for no good apparent reason. For example, a program that handles file name defaulting in a particularly useless way, or an assembler routine that could easily have been coded using only three registers, but redundantly uses seven for values with non-overlapping lifetimes, so that no one else can invoke it without first saving four extra registers. What randomness!
8. A random hacker; used particularly of high-school students who soak up computer time and generally get in the way.
9. Anyone who is not a hacker (or, sometimes, anyone not known to the hacker speaking). "I went to the talk, but the audience was full of randoms asking bogus questions".
10. (occasional MIT usage) One who lives at Random Hall. See also J. Random, some random X.
[Jargon File]
(1995-12-05)
| Jargon File |
random
adj. 1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical definition); weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly." 2. Assorted; undistinguished. "Who was at the conference?" "Just a bunch of random business types." 3. (pejorative) Frivolous; unproductive; undirected. "He's just a random loser." 4. Incoherent or inelegant; poorly chosen; not well organized. "The program has a random set of misfeatures." "That's a random name for that function." "Well, all the names were chosen pretty randomly." 5. In no particular order, though deterministic. "The I/O channels are in a pool, and when a file is opened one is chosen randomly." 6. Arbitrary. "It generates a random name for the scratch file." 7. Gratuitously wrong, i.e., poorly done and for no good apparent reason. For example, a program that handles file name defaulting in a particularly useless way, or an assembler routine that could easily have been coded using only three registers, but redundantly uses seven for values with non-overlapping lifetimes, so that no one else can invoke it without first saving four extra registers. What randomness! 8. n. A random hacker; used particularly of high-school students who soak up computer time and generally get in the way. 9. n. Anyone who is not a hacker (or, sometimes, anyone not known to the hacker speaking); the noun form of sense 2. "I went to the talk, but the audience was full of randoms asking bogus questions". 10. n. (occasional MIT usage) One who lives at Random Hall. See also J. Random, some random X. 11. [UK] Conversationally, a non sequitur or something similarly out-of-the-blue. As in: "Stop being so random!" This sense equates to `hatstand', taken from the Viz comic character "Roger Irrelevant - He's completely Hatstand."
adj. 1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical definition); weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly." 2. Assorted; undistinguished. "Who was at the conference?" "Just a bunch of random business types." 3. (pejorative) Frivolous; unproductive; undirected. "He's just a random loser." 4. Incoherent or inelegant; poorly chosen; not well organized. "The program has a random set of misfeatures." "That's a random name for that function." "Well, all the names were chosen pretty randomly." 5. In no particular order, though deterministic. "The I/O channels are in a pool, and when a file is opened one is chosen randomly." 6. Arbitrary. "It generates a random name for the scratch file." 7. Gratuitously wrong, i.e., poorly done and for no good apparent reason. For example, a program that handles file name defaulting in a particularly useless way, or an assembler routine that could easily have been coded using only three registers, but redundantly uses seven for values with non-overlapping lifetimes, so that no one else can invoke it without first saving four extra registers. What randomness! 8. n. A random hacker; used particularly of high-school students who soak up computer time and generally get in the way. 9. n. Anyone who is not a hacker (or, sometimes, anyone not known to the hacker speaking); the noun form of sense 2. "I went to the talk, but the audience was full of randoms asking bogus questions". 10. n. (occasional MIT usage) One who lives at Random Hall. See also J. Random, some random X. 11. [UK] Conversationally, a non sequitur or something similarly out-of-the-blue. As in: "Stop being so random!" This sense equates to `hatstand', taken from the Viz comic character "Roger Irrelevant - He's completely Hatstand."
| JDK Doc(JAVA) |
Random
- class java.util..Random
public class Random extends Object implements Serializable
Tree:java.lang.Object - java.util.Random
An instance of this class is used to generate a stream of pseudorandom numbers. The class uses a 48-bit seed, which is modified using a linear congruential formula. (See Donald Knuth, , Section 3.2.1.)
- class java.util..Random
public class Random extends Object implements Serializable
Tree:java.lang.Object - java.util.Random
An instance of this class is used to generate a stream of pseudorandom numbers. The class uses a 48-bit seed, which is modified using a linear congruential formula. (See Donald Knuth, , Section 3.2.1.)
Random()
- Constructor for class java.util.Random
public Random ()
Creates a new random number generator. Its seed is initialized to a value based on the current time: See Also: System.currentTimeMillis()
Random(long)
- Constructor for class java.util.Random
public Random (long seed)
Creates a new random number generator using a single long seed: Used by method next to hold the state of the pseudorandom number generator.Parameters: seed - the initial seed.See Also: setSeed(long)
Random Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Random
(n.)
The direction of a rake-vein.
(n.)
Force; violence.
(n.)
Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.
(n.)
A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.
(a.)
Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess.
(n.)
The direction of a rake-vein.
(n.)
Force; violence.
(n.)
Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.
(n.)
A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.
(a.)
Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess.
| WordNet 2.0 |
random
Adjective
1. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements"
(antonym) nonrandom
(similar) ergodic
2. taken haphazardly; "a random choice"
(similar) unselected
Adjective
1. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements"
(antonym) nonrandom
(similar) ergodic
2. taken haphazardly; "a random choice"
(similar) unselected
| hEnglish - advanced version |
random
random
\ran"dom\, a. going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. some random truths he can impart. so sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. spencer.
random
courses (masonry), courses of unequal thickness.
random
shot, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated.
random
work (masonry), stonework consisting of stones of unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat beds.
random
\ran"dom\ (?), n. [oe. randon, of. randon force, violence, rapidity, a randon, de randon, violently, suddenly, rapidly, prob. of german origin; cf. g. rand edge, border, ohg. rant shield, edge of a shield, akin to e. rand, n. see rand, n.]
1. force; violence. [obs.] for courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force. hall.
2. a roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard. counsels, when they fly at random, sometimes hit most happily. o, many a shaft, at random sent, finds mark the archer little meant ! w. scott.
3. distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball. k. digby.
4. (mining) the direction of a rake-vein. mond.
random
adj
1. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements" [ant: nonrandom]
2. taken haphazardly; "a random choice"
similar words(20)
single image random dot stereogram
synchronous dynamic random access memory
ferroelectric random access memory
random-access memory
some random x
random work
random access memory digital-to-analog converter
window random access memory
static random access memory
dynamic random access memory
video random access memory
random variable
at random
random sampling
random sample
random number generator
random shot
random numbers
random courses
random testing
random
\ran"dom\, a. going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. some random truths he can impart. so sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. spencer.
random
courses (masonry), courses of unequal thickness.
random
shot, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated.
random
work (masonry), stonework consisting of stones of unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat beds.
random
\ran"dom\ (?), n. [oe. randon, of. randon force, violence, rapidity, a randon, de randon, violently, suddenly, rapidly, prob. of german origin; cf. g. rand edge, border, ohg. rant shield, edge of a shield, akin to e. rand, n. see rand, n.]
1. force; violence. [obs.] for courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force. hall.
2. a roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard. counsels, when they fly at random, sometimes hit most happily. o, many a shaft, at random sent, finds mark the archer little meant ! w. scott.
3. distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball. k. digby.
4. (mining) the direction of a rake-vein. mond.
random
adj
1. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements" [ant: nonrandom]
2. taken haphazardly; "a random choice"
similar words(20)
single image random dot stereogram
synchronous dynamic random access memory
ferroelectric random access memory
random-access memory
some random x
random work
random access memory digital-to-analog converter
window random access memory
static random access memory
dynamic random access memory
video random access memory
random variable
at random
random sampling
random sample
random number generator
random shot
random numbers
random courses
random testing
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
random
fánach
fánach
Random Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rabintex Ballistic Dictionary |
Random
Eluding precise prediction, completely irregular.
Eluding precise prediction, completely irregular.
Random Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Random
kafun-, kafunik
kafun-, kafunik
Random Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Physical Geography Terms and Meanings |
Random
Process or event that occurs by chance.
Process or event that occurs by chance.
| Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems |
Random
Attribute of a process that is entirely or largely governed by chance, e.g., a roulette wheel, dice, the brownian movement, but also the pattern on the screen of a television set receiving atmospheric noise only. Perfect randomness rarely exists in nature and is difficult to simulate. In practice, randomness is confined by particular parameters, e.g., a roulette wheel is expected to be random only within a range of numbers, not regarding how long the wheel takes to pick one, and it may even deviate from the ideal of uniform probabilities (see probability ), e.g., when the roulette wheel is biased. The simulation of randomness by computers utilizes so-called pseudo random generators whose behavior is nearly impossible to predict without knowledge of the starting number and its algorithm (see generative ) . (Krippendorff )
Attribute of a process that is entirely or largely governed by chance, e.g., a roulette wheel, dice, the brownian movement, but also the pattern on the screen of a television set receiving atmospheric noise only. Perfect randomness rarely exists in nature and is difficult to simulate. In practice, randomness is confined by particular parameters, e.g., a roulette wheel is expected to be random only within a range of numbers, not regarding how long the wheel takes to pick one, and it may even deviate from the ideal of uniform probabilities (see probability ), e.g., when the roulette wheel is biased. The simulation of randomness by computers utilizes so-called pseudo random generators whose behavior is nearly impossible to predict without knowledge of the starting number and its algorithm (see generative ) . (Krippendorff )
Random Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Random Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Randomness
The word random is used to express lack of order, purpose, cause, or predictability in non-scientific parlance. A random process is a repeating process whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic pattern, but follow a probability distribution.
The term randomness is often used in statistics to signify well defined statistical properties, such as lack of bias or correlation. Monte Carlo Methods, which rely on random input, are important techniques of computational science. Random selection is an official method to resolve tied elections in some jurisdictions, and is even an ancient method of divination, as in tarot, the I Ching, and bibliomancy. In the Book of Numbers, God orders Moses to divide the land of Israel by random selection.
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