Pseudorandom number generator
ALGORITHM THAT GENERATES A SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS WHOSE PROPERTIES APPROXIMATE THOSE OF SEQUENCES OF TRUE RANDOM NUMBERS
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A pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), also known as a deterministic random bit generator (DRBG), is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers whose properties approximate the properties of sequences of random numbers. The PRNG-generated sequence is not truly random, because it is completely determined by an initial value, called the PRNG's seed (which may include truly random values).