ALL meanings of random
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R r - adjective random not weighted or biased 1
- adjective random statistics: taken at random 1
- adjective random fortuitous 1
- adjective random aimless 1
- adjective random haphazard 1
- adjective random unpredictable or unexpected 1
- interjection random indicating sth surprising or unusual 1
- noun Definition of random in Technology 1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical definition); weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly." 2. Assorted; undistinguished. "Who was at the conference?" "Just a bunch of random business types." 3. (pejorative) Frivolous; unproductive; undirected. "He's just a random loser." 4. Incoherent or inelegant; poorly chosen; not well organised. "The program has a random set of misfeatures." "That's a random name for that function." "Well, all the names were chosen pretty randomly." 5. In no particular order, though deterministic. "The I/O channels are in a pool, and when a file is opened one is chosen randomly." 6. Arbitrary. "It generates a random name for the scratch file." 7. Gratuitously wrong, i.e. poorly done and for no good apparent reason. For example, a program that handles file name defaulting in a particularly useless way, or an assembler routine that could easily have been coded using only three registers, but redundantly uses seven for values with non-overlapping lifetimes, so that no one else can invoke it without first saving four extra registers. What randomness! 8. A random hacker; used particularly of high-school students who soak up computer time and generally get in the way. 9. Anyone who is not a hacker (or, sometimes, anyone not known to the hacker speaking). "I went to the talk, but the audience was full of randoms asking bogus questions". 10. (occasional MIT usage) One who lives at Random Hall. See also J. Random, some random X. 1
- adjective random proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers. 1
- adjective random Statistics. of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen. 1
- adjective random Building Trades. (of building materials) lacking uniformity of dimensions: random shingles. (of ashlar) laid without continuous courses. constructed or applied without regularity: random bond. 1
- adjective random Slang. unknown, unidentified, or suspiciously out of place: A couple of random guys showed up at the party. odd or unpredictable, often in an amusing way: my totally random life. 1
- noun random something that is random, or a random state or condition: different statistical methods used to estimate randoms. 1
- noun random Slang. a person or thing that is unknown, unidentified, or suspiciously out of place. a person or thing that is odd or unpredictable. 1
- noun random Chiefly British. bank3 (def 7b). 1
- adverb random Building Trades. without uniformity: random-sized slates. 1
- idioms random at random, without definite aim, purpose, method, or adherence to a prior arrangement; in a haphazard way: Contestants were chosen at random from the studio audience. 1
- adjective random A random sample or method is one in which all the people or things involved have an equal chance of being chosen. 0
- adjective random If you describe events as random, you mean that they do not seem to follow a definite plan or pattern. 0
- adjective random lacking any definite plan or prearranged order; haphazard 0
- adjective random having a value which cannot be determined but only described probabilistically 0
- adjective random chosen without regard to any characteristics of the individual members of the population so that each has an equal chance of being selected 0
- adjective random (of a person) unknown 0
- noun random impetuous and haphazard movement 0
- adjective random lacking aim or method; purposeless; haphazard 0
- adjective random not uniform; esp., of different sizes 0
- adjective random of statistical sample selection in which all possible samples have equal probability of selection 0