A pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), also known as a deterministic random bit generator (DRBG), is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers...

cryptography, a pseudorandom generator (PRG) for a class of statistical tests is a deterministic procedure that maps a random seed to a longer pseudorandom string...

cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) or cryptographic pseudorandom number generator (CPRNG) is a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) with...

produced by a completely deterministic and repeatable process. Pseudorandom number generators are often used in computer programming, as traditional sources...

algorithms are pseudorandom number generators. Cipher algorithms and cryptographic hashes can be used as very high-quality pseudorandom number generators. However...

pseudorandom generators is related to the existence of one-way functions through a number of theorems, collectively referred to as the pseudorandom generator...

in contrast to so-called "random number generations" done by pseudorandom number generators (PRNGs), which generate numbers that only look random but are...

drawn at random from the PRF family. A pseudorandom function family can be constructed from any pseudorandom generator, using, for example, the "GGM" construction...

unlike a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) that utilizes a deterministic algorithm and non-physical nondeterministic random bit generators that do not...

equation. The method represents one of the oldest and best-known pseudorandom number generator algorithms. The theory behind them is relatively easy to understand...

In cryptography, the shrinking generator is a form of pseudorandom number generator intended to be used in a stream cipher. It was published in Crypto...

number generator used.: Benchmarking ...  An additional problem occurs when the Fisher–Yates shuffle is used with a pseudorandom number generator or PRNG:...

degrees of the three registers are relatively prime, the period of this generator is the product of the periods of the three registers. Thus the period...

known as a counter-based pseudo-random number generator, or CBPRNG) is a kind of pseudorandom number generator that uses only an integer counter as its internal...

science, a pseudorandom generator for low-degree polynomials is an efficient procedure that maps a short truly random seed to a longer pseudorandom string...

A pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS), pseudorandom binary code or pseudorandom bitstream is a binary sequence that, while generated with a deterministic...

initialize a pseudorandom number generator. A pseudorandom number generator's number sequence is completely determined by the seed: thus, if a pseudorandom number...

2^{2000000}} . As with all pseudorandom number generators, the resulting sequences are functions of the supplied seed values. An MWC generator is a special form...

random numbers can be created using a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator with a seed value known to the attacker but concealed in the...

Random Bit Generators. The publication contains the specification for three allegedly cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators for use in...

Inversive congruential generators are a type of nonlinear congruential pseudorandom number generator, which use the modular multiplicative inverse (if...

Xorshift random number generators, also called shift-register generators, are a class of pseudorandom number generators that were invented by George Marsaglia...

Deterministic Random Bit Generator) is an algorithm that was presented as a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) using methods...

self-shrinking generator is a pseudorandom generator that is based on the shrinking generator concept. Variants of the self-shrinking generator based on a...

Lagged Fibonacci generator (LFG or sometimes LFib) is an example of a pseudorandom number generator. This class of random number generator is aimed at being...

Blum Blum Shub (B.B.S.) is a pseudorandom number generator proposed in 1986 by Lenore Blum, Manuel Blum and Michael Shub that is derived from Michael...

Generalized Fibonacci generator Cryptographic generators Quadratic congruential generator Cellular automaton generators Pseudorandom binary sequence These...

In cryptography, an alternating step generator (ASG) is a cryptographic pseudorandom number generator used in stream ciphers, based on three linear-feedback...

programming Generator (computer programming), a routine that acts like an iterator Pseudorandom number generator, a producer of random numbers Code generator, part...

The Mersenne Twister is a general-purpose pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) developed in 1997 by Makoto Matsumoto (松本 眞) and Takuji Nishimura (西村 拓士)...