random function

Noun

Meaning

(mathematics, computing) A function whose formula is always the same, but whose initial value is chosen at random from a set of possible values (its domain).

(mathematics) A function chosen at random from a set of functions.

(computing) A function that returns a random or pseudo-random value that is distributed according to a specific probability distribution associated with the function.

Examples

C being what it is lacks support for multiple return values, so the notion that it is meaningful to pass pointers to memory objects into which any random function may write random values without having a clue where they point, has not been debunked as the sheer idiocy it really is. Erik Naggum

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