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
- A random sequence obtained from a stochastic process. A random sequence is a kind of Stochastic process. In short a Random sequence is a Sequence of Random variables Random sequences are
- An algorithmically random sequence in algorithmic information theory. Intuitively an algorithmically random sequence (or random sequence) is an infinite sequence of binary digits that appears random to any algorithm
- The output of a random number generator. A random number generator (often abbreviated as RNG is a computational or physical device designed to generate a sequence of Numbers or symbols that lack any
- The least random number (17), according to the Hacker's Jargon File. 17 ( seventeen) is the Natural number following 16 and preceding 18. 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
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random number
-noun
- Number allotted randomly using suitable generator (electronic machine or as simple "generator" as die).
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