boilerplate vs random

boilerplate

noun
  • Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. 

  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • Syndicated material. 

  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

random

noun
  • A frame for composing type. 

  • The direction of a rake-vein. 

  • A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance. 

  • An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence. 

adj
  • Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection. 

  • Apropos of nothing; lacking context; unexpected; having apparent lack of plan, cause, or reason. 

  • Characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs. 

  • Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected. 

  • Having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation. 

  • Of or relating to probability distribution. 

  • Representative and undistinguished; typical and average; selected for no particular reason. 

How often have the words boilerplate and random occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )