random-number generator

plural random-number generators

1. alternativeAlternative form of random number generator.

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   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.”

   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

   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.

   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

   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.

   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