{"json_modified": "2016-03-28T08:38:10.014138", "uuid": "70be9b05-db21-4f29-ba4e-4487cabae7f3", "title": "Random Number Generator", "url": "/en-US/docs/Glossary/RNG", "tags": ["CodingScripting", "Glossary"], "translations": [{"uuid": "8300b415-e565-46fc-9fc8-8913162bd589", "title": "G\u00e9n\u00e9rateur de nombres pseudo-al\u00e9atoires", "url": "/fr/docs/Glossaire/RNG", "tags": ["CodingScripting", "Glossaire"], "summary": "Un <strong>PRNG </strong>(<em>pseudorandom number generator</em>, ou g\u00e9n\u00e9rateur de nombres pseudo-al\u00e9atoires en fran\u00e7ais) est un algorithme qui g\u00e9n\u00e8re des nombres selon une s\u00e9quence complexe et apparemment non pr\u00e9visible. Les v\u00e9ritables nombres al\u00e9atoires (issus, disons, d'une source radioactive) sont totalement impr\u00e9visibles, tandis que les r\u00e9sultats de tous les algorithmes peuvent \u00eatre pr\u00e9dits, et un PRNG renvoie les m\u00eames nombres lorsque les m\u00eames param\u00e8tres initiaux ou <em>graines</em> sont utilis\u00e9s.", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "fr", "last_edit": "2016-01-27T15:42:37", "review_tags": []}], "modified": "2015-07-22T20:14:48", "label": "Random Number Generator", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 127617, "last_edit": "2015-07-22T20:14:47", "summary": "A <strong>PRNG </strong>(pseudorandom number generator) is an algorithm that outputs numbers in a complex, seemingly unpredictable pattern. Truly random numbers (say, from a radioactive source) are utterly unpredictable, whereas all algorithms are predictable, and a PRNG returns the same numbers when passed the same starting parameters or\u00a0<em>seed</em>.", "sections": [{"id": "Learn_more", "title": "Learn more"}, {"id": "General_knowledge", "title": "General knowledge"}], "slug": "Glossary/RNG", "review_tags": []}