random number generator

English

Noun

random number generator (plural random number generators)

1. A device or algorithm that generates numbers at random or apparently at random. In many cases they actually select successive numbers deterministically and are more technically termed pseudorandom number generator.

Synonyms

• RNG (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

• randomizer

Coordinate terms

• pseudorandom number generator

 

Translations

algorithm that generates numbers selected at random

• Catalan: generador de nombres aleatoris m
• Finnish: satunnaislukugeneraattori (fi)
• German: Zufallszahlengenerator (de) m
• Icelandic: slembitalnagjafi m
• Japanese: 乱数生成器 (らんすうせいせいき, ransū sēsēki), 乱数発生器 (らんすうはっせいき, ransū hassēki))
• Korean: 난수 발생기(亂數發生機) (nansu balsaenggi)
• Swedish: slumptalsgenerator c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: rastgele sayı üretimi
• Welsh: cynhyrchydd haprifau m

References

• random number generator in Network Dictionary, ed. by Jielin Dong, Javvin Technologies Inc., 2007
• “random number generator”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.