random shuffle

Unpredictable sequence mixing

A random shuffle is a rearrangement of items in an unpredictable order.

In card games, a proper shuffle randomizes the deck so no player can anticipate what comes next.

In computing and music players, a random shuffle plays songs in no fixed sequence: I put my playlist on random shuffle.

The randomness may be truly random or algorithmically generated to feel random.

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stochastic · Monte Carlo method · combination · unpredictability · entropy · factorial · variability · lottery systems · noise · probability distribution · cryptography · deck of cards · playing cards · machine learning · set theory · playlist · chaos · combinatorics

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Arrangement by first letters

chronological order · ascending order · descending order · logical order · hierarchical order

sequencing method

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Curve closing on itself

continuous play · playlist order

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