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Seed

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001088

An initial value used to start a pseudorandom number generator, determining the sequence of numbers that will be produced. If the same seed is used, the generator will produce the same sequence of numbers. In peer-to-peer file sharing, a seed is a user who has a complete copy of a file and is sharing it.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001088
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "An initial value used to start a pseudorandom number generator, determining the sequence of numbers that will be produced. If the same seed is used, the generator will produce the same sequence of numbers. In peer-to-peer file sharing, a seed is a user who has a complete copy of a file and is sharing it.",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/seed/"
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Record 1,194 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.