random-number generator

See also: random number generator

English

Noun

random-number generator (plural random-number generators)

Alternative form of random number generator.
- 1971 March 19, Len Rowcliffe, “Segments of big business joining car safety drive”, in The Montreal Star, 103rd year, number 66, Montreal, Que., page 3, column 5:
  Mr. [J. A.] Hunt also suggests a “drunk proof” ignition-system should be made mandatory: “A random-number generator attached to the ignition requires a 5-digit number (flashed briefly) to be reproduced by the driver before the car will start. Drunk drivers are unable to do this due to slowed psycho-motor response.”
- 2008, Neil A. Weiss, “[The Nature of Statistics] Simple Random Sampling”, in Introductory Statistics (A Custom Edition for Rio Salado College), Boston, Mass.: Pearson Custom Publishing, →ISBN, part I (Introduction), page 16:
  Nowadays, statisticians prefer statistical software packages or graphing calculators, rather than random-number tables, to obtain simple random samples. The built-in programs for doing so are called random-number generators. When using random-number generators, be aware of whether they provide samples with replacement or samples without replacement.
- 2024 March 28, Derrick Penner, “Scam victims directed to pay fines on fake PayBC site”, in The Province, Vancouver, B.C.: Postmedia Network Inc., →ISSN, page 10:
  Scammers can obtain internet phone numbers by using fake information, then buy lists of cell numbers to text that have either been leaked from data breaches or hackers’ databases. […] It also wouldn’t be difficult to simply use a random-number generator using B.C.’s known area codes and three-digit exchange prefixes, said Arron Ferguson, a faculty instructor in web development at the B.C. Institute of Technology.