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Definition of Random number generator
1. Noun. A routine designed to yield a random number.
Definition of Random number generator
1. Noun. A device or algorithm that generates numbers selected at random or apparently at random. In many cases they actually select successive numbers deterministically and are more technically termed pseudorandom number generator. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Random Number Generator
Literary usage of Random number generator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshopby John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb by John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb (1998)
"At the core of the Random object is a technique that greatly expands the sequence
length of the random-number generator built into Visual Basic. ..."
2. SAS/ETS(R) 9.1 User's Guide, Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 by SAS Institute (2004)
"The default is QUASI=NONE which is the pseudo random number generator. RANDOM=
n repeats the solution n times for each BY group, with different random ..."
3. Password Management Guideline: Department of Defense by Sheila L. Brand (1993)
"A.2 Random Seeds When a pseudo-random number generator is ... A.3 Pseudo-Random
Number Generator Using a random seed as input, the pseudo-random number ..."
4. Law and Justice Statistics, Proceedings of the Third Workshop by George G. Woodworth (1985)
"Be especially aware of tests that appraise the "randomness" of the output from
your particular random number generator. ..."
5. SAS/IML 9.1 by SAS Institute (2004)
"... random number generator. reinit indicates whether to allow the random number
stream to be reinitialized after the first initialization, within the same ..."
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