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random numbers

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random numbers [′ran·dəm ′nəm·bərz]
(mathematics)
A listing of numbers which is nonrepetitive and satisfies no algorithm.


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The portion of the graph prior to the late 1700s is no more informative about the past climate than random numbers.
Back matter lists more classic coding episodes and comments on mathematical methods of sifting patterns from seemingly random numbers and letters.
The technology is rooted in a system used by World War II spies involving identical pads of random numbers, each page having a different key for encoding and decoding messages.
 
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