Большой англо-русский словарь:
random
имя прилагательное
сделанный или выбранный наугад; случайный, произвольный
Например: random bullet — шальная пуля
random wall — стена, выложенная неправильными рядами
random number информатика и компьютерные технологии случайное число
random shot — выстрел наудачу
Синоним(ы):
casual,
desultory,
haphazard
Антоним(ы):
formal,
invariable,
orderly
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at random
Англо-русский словарь компьютерных терминов:
random
= RAND, = RND
произвольный, случайный, выбранный наугад
Антоним(ы):
chaotic
Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов:
random
имя прилагательное
общая лексика случайный; произвольный (выбираемый наугад или происходящий в результате случайности)
Например: random choice — случайный выбор
Синоним(ы):
irregular
Смотри:
random sample,
random walk
Англо-русский научно-технический словарь:
random
1) беспорядочный, неупорядоченный, случайный
2) нерегулярный, произвольный
3) стохастический; хаотичный
Например: events occur at random — явления носят случайный характер
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purely random
Англо-русский фразеологический словарь:
random
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at random
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
random
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, succession, surge, from Anglo-French
randun, from Old French
randir to run, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German
rinnan to run — more at
run
Date: 1561
a haphazard course
II. adjective
Date: 1632
1.
a. lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
b. made, done, or chosen at random
Example: read random passages from the book
2.
a. relating to, having, or being elements or events with definite probability of occurrence
Example: random processes
b. being or relating to a set or to an element of a set each of whose elements has equal probability of occurrence
Example: a random sample;
also characterized by procedures designed to obtain such sets or elements
Example: random sampling
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randomly adverb
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randomness noun
Synonyms:
random,
haphazard,
casual mean determined by accident rather than design.
random stresses lack of definite aim, fixed goal, or regular procedure
Example: a random selection of books.
haphazard applies to what is done without regard for regularity or fitness or ultimate consequence
Example: a haphazard collection of rocks.
casual suggests working or acting without deliberation, intention, or purpose
Example: a casual collector.
III. adverb
Date: 1618
in a random manner
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing:
random
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.
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Jargon File]
(1995-12-05)
