pseudorandom

[ soo-doh-ran-duhm ]

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
2. mimicking randomness.

noun

1. the generation of random numbers by a definite computational process.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pseudorandom¹

First recorded in 1945–50; pseudo- ( def ) + random ( def )

Example Sentences

In this case, a meaningless but huge stream of pseudorandom data was beamed over 13km of coiled fibre optic cable in a lab setting.

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What Verstraete and Mubayi discovered was that sampling from pseudorandom graphs frequently gives better bounds on Ramsey numbers than random graphs.

From Science Daily

"It turned out that the pseudorandom graph we needed could be found in finite geometry," Verstraete stated.

From Science Daily

Once they had the pseudorandom graph in place, they still had to puzzle out several pieces of math.

From Science Daily

Together they discovered that pseudorandom graphs could advance the current knowledge on these old problems.

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