nondeterminism

Noun

 * 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.
 * Moving from a single-processor to a multi-processor system often exposes hidden nondeterminism due to invalid assumptions about scheduling.
 * 1)  The property of being nondeterministic, involving arbitrary choices; necessitating the choice between various indistinguishable possibilities.
 * Projection of an automaton almost always results in nondeterminism.

Translations

 * Dutch: niet-determinisme
 * Romanian: nedeterminism


 * Dutch: niet-determinisme
 * Romanian: nedeterminism