Answer by DigitalRoss for What does 'seeding' mean?
Imagine a card game and development of the game program vs. running the game to actually play it.Pseudo-random number generators use a seed or seeds to determine the starting point of the sequence....
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Most random functions that are common on personal computers aren't random, but deterministic to a degree. The 'seed' for these psuedo-random functions are the starting point upon which future values...
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"Seeding" random function prevents it from giving out the same sequence of random numbers.Think of it as a super-random start of your random generator.
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It means: pick a place to start.Think of a pseudo random number generator as just a really long list of numbers. This list is circular, it eventually repeats.To use it, you need to pick a starting...
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Very simple question. What does the term 'seeding' mean in general? I'll put the context, i.e., you must seed for random functions.
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