Applications of randomness

<p><a href="/facts/Randomness/QJQBoEX5">Randomness</a> has multiple uses in <a href="/facts/Science/IJoaD7rs">science</a>, <a href="/facts/Art/ILbnQHHb">art</a>, <a href="/facts/Statistics/DNPsKGYU">statistics</a>, <a href="/facts/Cryptography/e94PEVau">cryptography</a>, <a href="/facts/Video_game/vmTdNASJ">gaming</a>, <a href="/facts/Gambling/Hgw4a9DH">gambling</a>, and other fields. For example, <a href="/facts/Random_assignment/TDeSKXtu">random assignment</a> in <a href="/facts/Randomized_controlled_trial/LG9lkyVx">randomized controlled trials</a> helps scientists to test hypotheses, and <a href="/facts/Random_number_generation/RtXEfbzd">random numbers</a> or <a href="/facts/Pseudorandomness/kfs1wfhY">pseudorandom numbers</a> help video games such as <a href="/facts/Video_poker/9Ws8fnqT">video poker</a>.
</p><p>These uses have different levels of <a href="/facts/Requirement/bxKc7tgQ">requirements</a>, which leads to the use of different methods. Mathematically, there are distinctions between randomization, <a href="/facts/Pseudorandomness/kfs1wfhY">pseudorandomization</a>, and <a href="/facts/Low-discrepancy_sequence/phAlucUw">quasirandomization</a>, as well as between <a href="/facts/Random_number_generation/RtXEfbzd">random number generators</a> and <a href="/facts/Pseudorandom_number_generator/sIrCxIBq">pseudorandom number generators</a>. For example, applications in cryptography usually have strict requirements, whereas other uses (such as generating a "quote of the day") can use a looser standard of pseudorandomness.
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Applications of randomness