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randomizer

randomizer

1 6.3
A device or program that chooses things in a way you cannot predict
  • noun
  • /ˈrændəˌmaɪzər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : generador de aleatoriedad
  • In the experiment, participants were selected randomly by a computer program known as a randomizer.

And then you give the server your public key P and this randomizer R, and you just say the server go wild, make whatever number you want here.

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Examples

  • Also, the whole game works off a randomizer.

  • And then you give the server your public key P and this randomizer R, and you just say the server go wild, make whatever number you want here.

  • I rerouted all the impulses going to the main randomizer.

  • If the educators agreed to participate, they signed informed consent forms and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups using a computer-generated randomizer.

    Academic text (2015)
  • For transmission, a synchronization byte is removed from each packet and the remaining 187 bytes are sent through a "randomizer."

    Academic text (1999)
  • The online game uses a randomizer to create unique challenges for each player.

  • The tournament organizer relied on a randomizer to ensure fairness in team selection.

Synonyms

random number generator
vsrandomizer
  • Specialized
3 4.3

A device or program that produces numbers that do not follow a pattern

generates random outcomes or selections not limited to numbers
shuffler
vsrandomizer
2 4.3

A device or feature that plays songs in a random order

produces random results or choices across different tasks

How Random

randomizer
  • Specialized
1 6.3
shuffler
2 4.3
playlist
47 2.4

Surface Forms

randomizer singular
randomizers plural

Morphology

randomizer = randomize (transparent) = random + ize + er

Built from the adjective 'random' to verb 'randomize' and then agentive '-er'; the device meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Randomizer is made from random ('without plan') plus the part -izer ('a thing that makes'). So a randomizer is a tool or program that 'makes' choices without a plan, which is why it picks results by chance.