Shuffle play

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Shuffle play is a mode of music playback in which songs are played in a randomized order that is decided upon for all tracks at once.^[1] It is commonly found on CD players, digital audio players and media player software. Shuffle playback prevents repeated tracks, which makes it distinct from random playback, in which the next track is chosen at random after the last track has ended.