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Meaning of Nondeterminism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
nɑndəˈtɝmɪnɪzəm

Definitions

  1. The opposite of determinism: the doctrine that there are factors other than the state and immutable laws of the universe involved in the unfolding of events, such as free will.
  2. Dependence on factors other than initial state and input.
  3. The property of being nondeterministic, involving arbitrary choices; necessitating the choice between various indistinguishable possibilities.

Equivalents

العربية غير تصميمية
Nederlands niet-determinisme

Examples

“Moving from a single-processor to a multi-processor system often exposes hidden nondeterminism due to invalid assumptions about scheduling.”
“Projection of an automaton almost always results in nondeterminism.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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