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Pseudorandom ↔ number output by deterministic RNG with fixed seed/hash table - to approximate true random

aka Pseudo-Random, Pseudorandomness

Monte Carlo

PRNG​

PseudoRandom Number Generator

References​

  1. Cryptographically Secure ↔ number certain to be truly random & NOT Pseudorandom (and therefore won't expose vulnerability when used for secure/sensitive ops)

  2. Math.random() ↔ [Math](math) [Static Method](static-method) to return Pseudorandom number between 0 & 1

  3. Entropy ↔ Pseudorandomness collect by app for Cipher