(astronomy) A catalogue of deep sky objects compiled in the 1880s by J. L. E. Dreyer using observations mostly from William Herschel. It contains nearly 8,000 objects, known as the NGC objects. Objects in the catalogue are numbered, and the letters NGC are prepended to these numbers, as in NGC 224 (the Andromeda Galaxy) or NGC 6205 (the globular cluster in Hercules).

(law) A kind of government bond that is a charge against the taxpayers generally, as distinguished from bonds for improvements, the cost of which is charged to the property specially benefited.

plural of random number generator

plural of pseudorandom number generator

A device or algorithm that generates numbers at random or apparently at random. In many cases they actually select successive numbers deterministically and are more technically termed pseudorandom number generator.

A device or algorithm that deterministically produces a succession of values that appear in an unpredictable sequence or apparently random order.

(networking) The transmission of voice, data, video and any other form of information in packets over the same network.

(set theory) The hypothesis that, for each ordinal 𝛼, there is no cardinal number strictly between א_𝛼 and 2^(א_𝛼), i.e. 2^(א_𝛼)=א_(𝛼+1).

(mathematics) With a constraining assumption that, however, makes it clear how to apply the proof performed under this assumption to the general case unconstrained by the assumption.

A sweet and spicy dish of deep-fried chicken, popular in Chinese restaurants in North America.