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What does pseudorandom mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of a sequence of numbers, such that it has all the properties of a random sequence following some probability distribution (except true randomness), but is actually generated using a deterministic algorithm.
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The pseudorandom code is simply an I. D. code that identifies which satellite is transmitting information.
It is based on a high-quality pseudorandom sequence generator, which can be seeded either from the current date and time, or from a seed you provide.
The existence of pseudorandom sequences entails that things might seem justificatorily exactly as they are and yet the sequence not be random.
Cryptanalysts have analyzed many systems by breaking the pseudorandom number generators used to supply cryptographic keys.
The seed is the starting value which determines all subsequent values in the pseudorandom sequence used to generate the one-time pad.
A sequence of 20 experimental and 20 control tape designations was randomly permutated using the same pseudorandom algorithm used to create the target sequence.

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