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  2. Random seed - Wikipedia

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    A pseudorandom number generator's number sequence is completely determined by the seed: thus, if a pseudorandom number generator is reinitialized with the same seed, it will produce the same sequence of numbers. The choice of a good random seed is crucial in the field of computer security.

  3. RDRAND - Wikipedia

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    RDRAND (for "read random") is an instruction for returning random numbers from an Intel on-chip hardware random number generator which has been seeded by an on-chip entropy source. [1] It is also known as Intel Secure Key Technology, [2] codenamed Bull Mountain. [3]

  4. List of probability distributions - Wikipedia

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    The beta-binomial distribution, which describes the number of successes in a series of independent Yes/No experiments with heterogeneity in the success probability. The degenerate distribution at x 0, where X is certain to take the value x 0. This does not look random, but it satisfies the definition of random variable. This is useful because ...

  5. Counter-based random number generator - Wikipedia

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    A counter-based random number generation (CBRNG, also known as a counter-based pseudo-random number generator, or CBPRNG) is a kind of pseudorandom number generator that uses only an integer counter as its internal state. They are generally used for generating pseudorandom numbers for large parallel computations.

  6. Arithmomania - Wikipedia

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    Other examples include counting tiles on the floor or ceiling, the number of lines on the highway, or touching things a certain number of times such as a door knob or a table. Arithmomania sometimes develops into a complex system in which the person assigns values or numbers to people, objects and events in order to deduce their coherence.

  7. Prank call - Wikipedia

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    British physicist R. V. Jones recorded two early examples of prank calls in his 1978 memoir Most Secret War: British Scientific Intelligence 1939–1945.The first was by Carl Bosch, a physicist and refugee from Nazi Germany, who in about 1933 persuaded a newspaper journalist that he could see his actions through the telephone (rather than, as was the case, from the window of his laboratory ...

  8. Real number - Wikipedia

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    The non-negative real numbers can be noted but one often sees this set noted + {}. [25] In French mathematics, the positive real numbers and negative real numbers commonly include zero, and these sets are noted respectively + and . [26] In this understanding, the respective sets without zero are called strictly positive real numbers and ...

  9. Pseudorandom number generator - Wikipedia

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    A pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), also known as a deterministic random bit generator (DRBG), [1] is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers whose properties approximate the properties of sequences of random numbers.