Editing Pseudorandomness (section)

{{Use American English|date=March 2019}}
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{{Short description|Appearing random but actually being generated by a deterministic, causal process}}
A '''pseudorandom''' sequence of numbers is one that appears to be [[Statistical randomness|statistically random]], despite having been produced by a completely [[Deterministic system|deterministic]] and repeatable process.<ref name=RandomArticle_Phys.NYT2001>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/12/science/connoisseurs-of-chaos-offer-a-valuable-product-randomness.html |title=Connoisseurs of Chaos Offer A Valuable Product: Randomness |author=George Johnson |date=June 12, 2001}}</ref> [[Pseudorandom number generator]]s are often used in computer programming, as traditional sources of randomness available to humans (such as rolling dice) rely on physical processes not readily available to computer programs, although developments in [[hardware random number generator]] technology have challenged this.