deterministic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

deterministic
    adj 1: an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

deterministic

   1. <probability> Describes a system whose time evolution can
   be predicted exactly.

   Contrast {probabilistic}.

   2. <algorithm> 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)