pseudorandom number generator
nounEtymology From pseudo- + random number generator.
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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
- Derived terms
- PRNG
- Related terms
- QRNG, quantum random number generator, quasirandom number generator, quasi-random number generator, random number generator, RNG, seed
- Hypernyms
- randomizer
- Coordinate terms
- random number generator