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Runs Test

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-003671

The purpose of the runs test is to determine whether the number of runs of ones and zeros of various lengths is as expected for a random sequence. In particular, this test determines whether the oscillation between such substrings is too fast or too slow.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-003671
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNISTIR 6390; NISTIR 6483; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003671",
  "term": "Runs Test",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "The purpose of the runs test is to determine whether the number of runs of ones and zeros of various lengths is as expected for a random sequence. In particular, this test determines whether the oscillation between such substrings is too fast or too slow.",
  "references": [
    "NISTIR 6390; NISTIR 6483",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/runs-test/"
}

Record 3,671 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.