A random number is generated from a genuinely unpredictable and non repeating sequence.
A pseudo-random number is generated from a series of numbers having a distribution which may not be truly random, but which is sufficiently complex and/or nonlinear that it is not readily distinguishable from a random sequence.
See also: | Math.random() |
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