[gnabgib]

No.. they're not. Do you understand random (the apparent or actual lack of definite patterns or predictability[0]) or compression (reduces bits by identifying and eliminating statistical redundancy[1])?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomness

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_compression

[thin_carapace]

by this definition, a random dataset could apparently present no patterns, while presenting non apparent patterns.

[ufocia]

Sounds like presenting no patterns, apparently or otherwise, would be a pattern in itself.