pseudorandom
adjective
pseu·do·ran·dom
ˌsü-dō-ˈran-dəm 
: being or involving entities (such as numbers) that are selected by a definite computational process but that satisfy one or more standard tests for statistical randomness
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In Delilah’s case, the key was a stream of pseudorandom numbers—that is, random-seeming numbers that were not truly random.
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
Feeding the pseudorandom bits (instead of the random ones) into a probabilistic algorithm will result in an efficient deterministic one for the same problem.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
The number produced by Google is also pseudorandom.
—Christopher Lutsko, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
Feeding the pseudorandom bits (instead of the random ones) into a probabilistic algorithm will result in an efficient deterministic one for the same problem.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
The number produced by Google is also pseudorandom.
—Christopher Lutsko, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Pseudorandom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudorandom. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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