"pseudorandom" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudorandom.wav
Etymology: From pseudo- + random. Etymology templates: {{af|en|pseudo-|random}} pseudo- + random Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pseudorandom (not comparable)
  1. Of a sequence of numbers, such that it has all the properties of a random sequence following some probability distribution (except true randomness), but is actually generated using a deterministic algorithm. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: pseudo-random Derived forms: pseudorandom number generator, pseudorandomness, pseudorandomly, pseudorandomize, pseudorandomized, super-pseudorandom Related terms: pseudorandom number generator Translations (appearing to be random): pseudonáhodný (Czech), näennäissatunnainen (Finnish), pseudo-aléatoire (French), pseudozufällig (German), scheinzufällig (German), ψευδοτυχαίος (psevdotychaíos) (Greek), álvéletlen (Hungarian), pseudolosowy (Polish), псевдослуча́йный (psevdoslučájnyj) (Russian), pseudonáhodný (Slovak)

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