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non-determinism

non-determinism is the alternative form of nondeterminism.

Meaning of nondeterminism

Noun

nondeterminism (countable and uncountable, plural nondeterminisms)

  1. The opposite of determinism: the doctrine that there are factors other than the state and immutable laws of the universe involved in the unfolding of events, such as free will.
  2. Dependence on factors other than initial state and input.
    • Moving from a single-processor to a multi-processor system often exposes hidden nondeterminism due to invalid assumptions about scheduling.
  3. The property of being nondeterministic, involving arbitrary choices; necessitating the choice between various indistinguishable possibilities.
    • Projection of an automaton almost always results in nondeterminism.

Forms of non-determinism

pluralnon-determinisms

Phrases with non-determinism

Questions about non-determinism

What is non-determinism the alternative form of?
Non-determinism is the alternative form of nondeterminism.

Words near non-determinism in the dictionary

  1. non-destructive reads
  2. non-detachable
  3. non-detectable
  4. non-detected
  5. non-detection
  6. non-determinism
  7. non-determinisms
  8. non-deterministic
  9. non-diabetic
  10. non-diagnostic
  11. non-dialectal

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