infinite monkey theorem

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English[edit]

A chimpanzee at a typewriter.

Proper noun[edit]

infinite monkey theorem

  1. (informal) The proposition that a monkey hitting typewriter keys at random is bound to produce meaningful text (such as a work by William Shakespeare), given an infinite amount of time. Often extended to a ludicrous number of monkeys, such as a thousand or an infinite number.

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