And they don't say the random number generator function in JavaScript -- Math.random () -- is broken. They say it "offers sub-par quality." Specifically, V8 used a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) ...

December 17, 2015 - 2:45 pm Over the years, multiple studies have found that Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine was returning not-so-random numbers when you called the Math.random () function.

Many languages feature a random number generator library for help with tasks like rolling a die or flipping a coin. Why, you may ask, is this necessary when humans are perfectly capable of randomly… ...

Generate a random number. The random number is used to randomly retrieve an image from the array. In this example, two images are loaded, so you must generate a number between 0 and 1.

Random number generators are valuable tools in computing (SN: 5/27/16). They are used to create encryption keys that scramble private data, such as passwords and credit card numbers, so that ...