Deterministic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  deterministic \de*ter`min*ist"ic\, a.
     1. of or pertaining to determinism; as, deterministic
        theories.
        [PJC]
  
     2. causally determined and not subject to random chance.


        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deterministic
       adj : an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  deterministic
       
          1.  Describes a system whose time evolution can
          be predicted exactly.
       
          Contrast {probabilistic}.
       
          2.  Describes an {algorithm} in which the correct
          next step depends only on the current state.  This contrasts
          with an algorithm involving {backtracking} where at each point
          there may be several possible actions and no way to chose
          between them except by trying each one and backtracking if it
          fails.
       
          (1995-09-22)