Computer Science GCSE

Unpredictable values

What Unpredictable values means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.

Definition of Unpredictable values

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Values that are not predictable in advance, produced within a chosen range and useful for games, simulations, sampling and testing.

OCR · Additional programming techniques (study guide)

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Additional programming techniques (OCR GCSE)

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