A truly random number is something that is surprisingly difficult to generate. A typical approach is to generate the required element of chance from a natural and unpredictable source, such as ...

Making random numbers that are actually random is actually a tough nut to crack. Most of what we do is, technically, pseudo-random (but we’ll say random number and assume you know what we mean).

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What they have created is an algorithm which ensures that seemingly random numbers really are as random as they look.

One algorithm, a pseudo-random bit generator, Dual_EC_DRBG, was ratified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2007 and is attracting a lot of attention for having a ...

To foil would-be hackers, computer systems need to generate sequences of random numbers. Some systems use what’s known as pseudo-random numbers, which are actually complex patterns that begin with a ...

Often the default seed value for a pseudo-random number generator is something like the current time converted to a number.

Password managers and other computer programs use what's called a pseudo-random algorithm. This algorithm starts with a number called a seed.