random number generator
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random number generator (plural random number generators)
- A device or algorithm that generates numbers at random or apparently at random. In many cases they actually select successive numbers deterministically and are more technically termed pseudorandom number generator.
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- RNG (abbreviation)
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algorithm that generates numbers selected at random
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References edit
- random number generator in Network Dictionary, ed. by Jielin Dong, Javvin Technologies Inc., 2007
- “random number generator”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.