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pseudo-random number generator

pseudo-random number generator is the alternative form of pseudorandom number generator.

Meaning of pseudorandom 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.
    • NumPy also has its own implementation of a pseudorandom number generator and convenience wrapper functions.2018, Jason Brownlee, Statistical Methods for Machine Learning, Machine Learning Mastery, page 51
    Synonyms:
    PRNG

Forms of pseudo-random number generator

pluralpseudo-random number generators

Questions about pseudo-random number generator

What is pseudo-random number generator the alternative form of?
Pseudo-random number generator is the alternative form of pseudorandom number generator.

Words near pseudo-random number generator in the dictionary

  1. pseudo-pseudoseizure
  2. pseudo-pseudothrombophlebitis
  3. pseudo-quantitative
  4. pseudo-quaternary
  5. pseudo-random
  6. pseudo-random number generator
  7. pseudo-random number generators
  8. pseudo-randomness
  9. pseudo-reference
  10. pseudo-referendum
  11. pseudo-referendums

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