(plural random number generators)
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A software routine that produces a random number. Used in applications such as computer games and cryptographic key generation, random numbers are easily created in a computer due to many random events that take place. For example, only the difference of a few milliseconds between keystrokes is enough to seed a random number generation routine with a different starting number each time. Once seeded, an algorithm computes different numbers throughout the session. The numbers that are created must be distributed evenly over a certain range, and they cannot be predictable (the next number cannot be determined from the last).
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"random-number-generator." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/random-number-generator>.
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random-number-generator. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/random-number-generator
