deterministic

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For example, if the order in which disks appear is non-deterministic (as it is with USB devices) then this is broken.

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  1. Pertaining to or imbued with the philosophy of determinism. The deterministic doctrine would stand on just as firm a foundation as it does if there were no physical science. Huxley, Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XL. 801.

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  • They're truly using a kind of deterministic chaos in doing this. —  Ron Eglash on African fractals
  • "What we call hard sf is more precisely technophilic sf One is more likely to identify a story as hard sf -regardless of the amount of actual science it contains -- if the narrative voice is pragmatic, deterministic, and matter-of-fact." —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 04-05 - October-November 1994
  • But let's assume it's deterministic, as it certainly would be if the mechanics were those of Einstein or Newton. —  Omni: October 1994
  • Calls to the applet lifecycle methods init are more deterministic, and cross-browser behavior has been improved. —  Java Technology Headlines
  • So I don't think of liberals 'policy approach as being deterministic -- if we do this, then the economy will do that. —  Felix Salmon - All posts
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