pseudorandom number generator

See also: pseudo-random number generator

English

Alternative forms

• pseudo-random number generator

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ random number generator

Noun

pseudorandom number generator (plural pseudorandom number generators)

1. A device or algorithm that deterministically produces a succession of values that appear in an unpredictable sequence or apparently random order.
   • 2018, Jason Brownlee, Statistical Methods for Machine Learning, Machine Learning Mastery, page 51:

     NumPy also has its own implementation of a pseudorandom number generator and convenience wrapper functions.

Synonyms

• PRNG

 

Hypernyms

• randomizer

Coordinate terms

• random number generator

 

Derived terms

• PRNG

 

Related terms

• QRNG
• quantum random number generator
• quasirandom number generator
• quasi-random number generator
• random number generator
• RNG

 

Translations

device or algorithms that deterministically produces a succession of apparently random values

• Czech: generátor pseudonáhodných čísel m
• Finnish: näennäissatunnaislukugeneraattori (fi)
• German: Pseudozufallszahlengenerator m
• Icelandic: gervislembitalnagjafi m
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 擬似乱数列生成器 (giji ransūretsu seiseiki)

See also

• seed