twister

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Passwords are generated using a pseudorandom number generator called Mersenne twister, which is an advanced algorithm that creates high quality random numbers using a twisted generalized shift feedback register, and has a higher number of dimensions than linear congruential generators.

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  1. noun One that twists, as in the manufacture of rope or yarn.
  2. noun Sports A ball thrown or batted with a twist.
  3. noun Informal A tornado or cyclone.

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  • My poor attempt at a tongue-twister is simply used to mention three words with a common origin.While its ultimate etymology is unknown, the word ship comes to us from common Germanic words for "ship".
  • On Jan. 7 a powerful twister, the first in January in this area for more than 50 years, cut through northern Boone County, damaging nearly 20 homes and 44 other residential structures. —  Rockford Register Star Home RSS
  • "I personally think that the tail twister is the joy of the club," she said. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
  • The headline on Friday's front page kind of reminded me of old tongue-twister: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood!
  • Passwords are generated using a pseudorandom number generator called Mersenne twister, which is an advanced algorithm that creates high quality random numbers using a twisted generalized shift feedback register, and has a higher number of dimensions than linear congruential generators. —  Softpedia - Windows - All
 

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  1. from Middle English twyster; from twist + -er.
 

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/ˈtwɪstər/
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