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randomness

Apparent lack of pattern or predictability in events

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Instance of: philosophical concept
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Subclass of: uncertainty

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In common usage, randomness is the apparent or actual lack of definite patterns or predictability in information. A random sequence of events, symbols or steps often has no order and does not follow an intelligible pattern or combination. Individual random events are, by definition, unpredictable, but if there is a known probability distribution, the frequency of different outcomes over repeated events is predictable. For example, when throwing two dice, the outcome of any particular roll is unpredictable, but a sum of 7 will tend to occur twice as often as 4. In this view, randomness is not haphazardness; it is a measure of uncertainty of an outcome. Randomness applies to concepts of chance, probability, and information entropy.

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Unicode character: 🔀
Opposite of: determinism
regularity
Has effect: excitement
Said to be the same as: stochasticity
Hashtag: random
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1.“Random Memes and Images - Imgur”imgur.com/t/randomRetrieved 2022-11-07
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Different from: unpredictability
fortuitousness

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