Discover Magazine on MSN1d
Quantum Computing Approach Generates First Ever Truly Random Number
The task, which even conventional supercomputers can't perform, could improve online security and make some processes, such ...
ScienceAlert on MSN2d
Quantum Computer Generates Truly Random Number in Scientific First
A quantum machine has used entangled qubits to generate a number certified as truly random for the first time, demonstrating ...
Saturday Citations: When the universe was young and cute. Plus: Southern Ocean cooling trend explained
One of the strangest facts in computer science is that it's really hard to generate true random numbers. For a computer, ...
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Random number generation: What are its functions and the fields of usage?
In 1947, the RAND Corporation created an electronic device that generated numbers using a random pulse generator. They then published the results in a book that was intended to be useful to ...
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A tiny, secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator for JavaScript.
random % alphabet is a popular mistake to make when coding an ID generator. The distribution will not be even; there will be a lower chance for some symbols to appear compared to others. So, it will ...