Random number may refer to:
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Random number may refer to:
- A number generated for or part of a set exhibiting statistical randomness
A numeric sequence is said to be statistically random when it contains no recognizable patterns or regularities; sequences such as the results of an ideal die roll, or the digits of π exhibit statistical randomness....
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- A random sequence
A random sequence is a kind of stochastic process. In short, a random sequence is a sequence of random variables.Random sequences are essential in statistics. The statistical analysis of any experiment usually begins with the words "let X1,...,Xn be independent random...
obtained from a stochastic process.
- An algorithmically random sequence
Intuitively, an algorithmically random sequence is an infinite sequence ofbinary digits that appears random to any algorithm...
in algorithmic information theory.
- The output of a random number generator
A random number generator is a computational or physical device designed to generate a sequence of numbers or symbols that lack any pattern, i.e. appear random...
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- The least random number (17), according to the Hacker's Jargon File
The Jargon File is a glossary of hacker slang. The original Jargon File was a collection of hacker slang from technical cultures such as the MIT AI Lab, the Stanford AI Lab , and others of the old ARPANET AI/LISP/PDP-10 communities, including Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Carnegie Mellon University,...
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- See also :Category:Randomness