More recently, the word "randomly" had a highly specialized use in the field of programming and computer games, but now the term is used more and more often in relation to a wide variety of situations in life. It is especially loved by people who have not even reached middle age, therefore, in dictionaries it usually refers to slang youth vocabulary. Randomly - what does this mean and in which case is the use of this word appropriate?
The origin of the word "randomly"
For Russian speech, the word is borrowed. It comes from random English and has various forms in the vocabulary that generated it: adjective (main and most frequently used), noun, adverb, participle. Used in the meaning of "random", "arbitrary", "chaotic", "promiscuous", "selective", "at random", "at random", "randomness".
Penetration into the Russian language
The wealth of the Russian language in most cases allows us not to look for a foreign synonym for accurate expression of thought, unless, of course, the phenomenon in question is not absolutely alien and atypical for Slavic culture.
There are plenty of expressions to indicate randomness in modern Russian vocabulary, but the adjective “random” and cognate words have taken their place in the active vocabulary of many people, having gained wide popularity mainly due to the youth fashion for the use of foreign words mixed with relatives.
However, the appearance in the Russian language is more likely due to programmers. Due to the presence in the programming languages of the Random function (which means randomly, arbitrarily), associated with obtaining a sequence of random numbers, the English word, sounding unusual and professional, gradually migrated to Russian in its original form.
Some methods of artificial intelligence are based on the principle of randomness - the random forest machine learning algorithm ("random forest" - "random forest"). It involves obtaining the final result by comparing a multitude of data selected arbitrarily.
The widespread use of the word "random" in everyday life was facilitated by its use in the comments and instructions accompanying a variety of computer games.
Randomly: what does this mean for a gamer
In computer games of the RPG genre (RPG or CRPG - Computer Role-Playing Game) - role-playing games that are based on controlling a character with certain characteristics that improve as the story progresses and performing various tasks, there is the concept of "great Korean random", in abbreviated form - WRC
It means the repeated implementation of such actions in order to achieve a specific result, without having information about which of them will lead to success. For example, the victory over many enemies in the hope of receiving as a reward the thing or ability necessary for the development of the plot or improvement of the character. The expression of WRC indicates precisely this random chance for a positive outcome of each fight.
In MMORPGs - the same role-playing games, but massive and multiplayer, usually practiced online through a common network, you can find out that randomly is a way of distributing production or damage, as well as characterizing the ability to get a valuable prize by opening repositories in which it can to be. For example, for a certain fee they open caves, warehouses, chests, where there is something necessary for the character. You can be lucky right away, or there is a chance that you will have to spend a lot of chances.
MOBA (mob) - a network game in the current time mode, where many participants are involved, divided into two teams. The plot is based on their battles with each other on a map of a specific virtual area. The goal is to destroy the main headquarters of the enemy. In the absence of a pre-assembled group of participants, rivals and associates will be randomly selected. What it brings - victory or defeat, - decides the case.
By the principle of arbitrary choice, the terrain and configuration of the upcoming fight can also be assigned. For example, in the most popular World of Tanks, starting a random battle, the player has no information about either his partners or the virtual terrain on which the battle will unfold.
Randomizer
The English root word randomize also has the meaning of "random." From him came the concept of “randomizer,” denoting a random number generator.
Thus, the expression "random numbers" (or numbers) refers to random values obtained haphazardly using a similar generator. This practice is used to conduct lotteries, research, checks and other processes that need an impartial and unsystematic choice within a given range or group.