Editing Random number (section)

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[[File:Two red dice 01.svg|thumb|[[Dice]] are an example of a mechanical hardware random number generator. When a cubical die is rolled, a random number from 1 to 6 is obtained.|alt=]]

A '''random number''' is generated by a random ([[Stochastic process|stochastic]]) process such as throwing dice. Individual numbers cannot be predicted, but the likely result of generating a large quantity of numbers can be predicted by specific mathematical series and [[statistics]].