The randomness of a checksum or digest algorithm is the extent to which the algorithm scrambles its signature based on the input block See also Signature
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity"
n An element playing an increasing role in the determination of political, public, and private events in American life
the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity
a basic statistical concept and property implying an absence of a plan, purpose or pattern, or of any tendency to favor one outcome rather than another
n 1 An inexplicable misfeature; gratuitous inelegance 2 A {hack} or {crock} that depends on a complex combination of coincidences (or, possibly, the combination upon which the crock depends for its accidental failure to malfunction) "This hack can output characters 40--57 by putting the character in the four-bit accumulator field of an XCT and then extracting six bits --- the low 2 bits of the XCT opcode are the right thing " "What randomness!" 3 Of people, synonymous with `flakiness' The connotation is that the person so described is behaving weirdly, incompetently, or inappropriately for reasons which are (a) too tiresome to bother inquiring into, (b) are probably as inscrutable as quantum phenomena anyway, and (c) are likely to pass with time "Maybe he has a real complaint, or maybe it's just randomness See if he calls back "