Random number generator
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A random number generator (RNG) is any device which produces well-distributed numbers which can't be predicted by knowing the previous numbers generated.
A pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) uses a mathematical algorithm to emulate randomness, but is really just a repeating function with an extremely long period before repeating.
A true RNG can be made in a variety of ways, such as by observing true-random processes in quantum mechanical systems, using microthermal fluctuations inside of a chip, or using hashes of microsecond timing of environmentally influenced events such as keystroke or device interrupts.
