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I'm not engaged in predicting random number generators. I actually get phone calls from people who want to know what lottery numbers are going to win. I don't have a clue.
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

Meaning of "random number" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RANDOM NUMBER

random number  [ˈrændəm ˈnʌmbə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RANDOM NUMBER

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Random number is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RANDOM NUMBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Random number

Random number may refer to: ▪ A number generated for, or part of, a set exhibiting statistical randomness. ▪ A random sequence obtained from a stochastic process. ▪ An algorithmically random sequence in algorithmic information theory. ▪ The output of a random number generator.

Definition of random number in the English dictionary

The definition of random number in the dictionary is any of a sequence of random numbers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RANDOM NUMBER


Columba
kəˈlʌmbə
cucumber
ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə
Humber
ˈhʌmbə
lumbar
ˈlʌmbə
lumber
ˈlʌmbə
number
ˈnʌmbə
outnumber
ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə
renumber
ˌriːˈnʌmbə
rumba
ˈrʌmbə
slumber
ˈslʌmbə
umber
ˈʌmbə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RANDOM NUMBER

random
random access
random access memory
random number generator
random numbers
random rubble
random sample
random variable
random walk
random walk theory
randomer
randomisation
randomiser
randomization
randomize
randomizer
randomly
randomness
randomwise

WORDS THAT END LIKE RANDOM NUMBER

accession number
account number
call number
climber
contact number
cool as a cucumber
f-number
house number
mobile number
order number
phone number
plumber
prime number
reference number
registration number
serial number
social security number
street number
telephone number
VAT number
wrong number

Synonyms and antonyms of random number in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «random number» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RANDOM NUMBER

Find out the translation of random number to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of random number from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «random number» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

随机数
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

número aleatorio
570 millions of speakers

English

random number
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यादृच्छिक संख्या
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رقم عشوائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

случайное число
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

número aleatório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

র্যান্ডম সংখ্যা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nombre aléatoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nombor rawak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zufallszahl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乱数
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

임의의 숫자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nomer acak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

số ngẫu nhiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சீரற்ற எண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

यादृच्छिक संख्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rastgele sayı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

numero casuale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

liczba losowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

випадкове число
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

număr aleator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τυχαίων αριθμών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ewekansige getal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slumptal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilfeldig tall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of random number

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RANDOM NUMBER»

The term «random number» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.551 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RANDOM NUMBER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about random number

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QUOTES WITH «RANDOM NUMBER»

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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
I'm not engaged in predicting random number generators. I actually get phone calls from people who want to know what lottery numbers are going to win. I don't have a clue.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RANDOM NUMBER»

Discover the use of random number in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to random number and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Random Number Generation and Monte Carlo Methods
This book serves as a reference for people interested in statistical computing. The second edition discusses the R software, a free statistical program of growing interest.
James E. Gentle, 2003
2
Random Number Generation and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods
Random. Numbers. and. Pseudorandom. Numbers. Random sampling is at the heart of the Monte Carlo method, as we have seen in Chapter 1. The success of a Monte Carlo calculation depends, of course, on the appropriateness of the ...
Harald Niederreiter, 1992
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Introduction to Network Simulator NS2
This section demonstrates implementation of random number generators in NS2. In principle, NS2 employs so-called Random Number Generator (RNG) to generate random numbers. An RNG sequentially picks numbers from a stream of  ...
Teerawat Issariyakul, Ekram Hossain, 2008
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ARM System Developer's Guide: Designing and Optimizing ...
For example, set s = r ≫ 28 to generate a four-bit random number s in the range 0–15. More generally, the following code generates a pseudorandom number between 0 and n: ; is the current random seed is the multiplier (eg 0x91E6D6A5) is ...
Andrew Sloss, Dominic Symes, Chris Wright, 2004
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Learning XNA 4.0: Game Development for the PC, Xbox 360, and ...
If the random number is greater than 75, it is then checked to see whether it is less than 95 (i.e., the sum of the chance of creating an AutomatedSprite, which is 75%, and the chance of creating a ChasingSprite, which is 20%). Because this ...
Aaron Reed, 2010
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Number Theory
Most of the mathematics behind random number generators comes from number theory, so, in a sense, number theory is the mathematics of random number generators. We discuss some of it here. For results already in the literature, a brief ...
Stefan Andrus Burr, George E. Andrews, 1992
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Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine
the use of a random number table such as that shown in Table A in the Appendix, although increasingly computer-generated random numbers are being used. Regardless of the method chosen, the best way to keep human preferences from  ...
‎2007
8
An Introduction to Computational Physics
The following method is an implementation of the exponential random-number generator given in the above equation and is constructed from a uniform random- number generator. // Method to generate an exponential random number from a ...
Tao Pang, 2006
9
Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN Example Book: The Art of ...
The first four subroutines produce uniform deviates with a range of 0.0 to 1.0. ran0 is a subroutine that implements the Park and Miller "minimal standard" random number generator, rani adds a shuffle to the minimal standard. ran2 obtains ...
‎1992
10
Introductory Econometrics: Using Monte Carlo Simulation with ...
Figure 9.2.2 might appear to paint FMRG as a perfect random number generator. This is not true. Although FMRG is better than RAND and Rnd, it too will exhibit structure when examined under higher magnification. The details of our ...
Humberto Barreto, Frank Howland, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RANDOM NUMBER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term random number is used in the context of the following news items.
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Devon woman terrorised after caller picks random numbers
A man terrorised a young woman and threatened to kill her after finding her by randomly picking a number out of the phone book - and changing two digits. «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
2
NIST formally chops NSA-tainted random number generator
The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has revised its recommendations for methods used to generate random numbers, and ... «iT News, Jun 15»
3
NIST revises key computer security publication on random number
The updated document, Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators, describes algorithms that can be used ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
4
Engineering counselling: Anna University releases random numbers
Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions secretary Rhymend Uthariaraj said, "We have issued random numbers to all the candidates. The list of qualified candidates ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
5
DME releases list of random numbers
For prospective medical and dental student, one more step in their process towards getting a seat was completed on Thursday, with the list of random numbers ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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DME to release random numbers for medical counselling
CHENNAI: The Directorate of Medical Education will announce random numbers for MBBS and BDS courses for the academic year 2014 - 2015 on Friday. «Times of India, Jun 15»
7
A critical bug left a bitcoin wallet app's users completely vulnerable …
To that end, Blockchain used two sources of random numbers, in what ought to have been a belt-and-braces approach: it pulled a random number from the ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
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Crypto Calamity for Blockchain Android App
The author, whose handle is murbul, said that Blockchain uses a LinuxSecureRandom class that seeds its random number generator with data from random.org, ... «Threatpost, May 15»
9
Hunting for Random: The Quest to Find Numbers That Keep Your …
You indirectly use random numbers online every day—to establish secure connections, to encrypt data, perhaps even to satisfy your gambling problem. But their ... «Gizmodo, Mar 15»
10
The Future of Cryptography Is… Outdated Nokia Phones?
The hidden champion of online privacy is the random number. When you're making a credit card purchase online or simply sending an email, you rely on ... «Popular Mechanics, Sep 14»

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