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Public Seed

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

A starting value for a pseudorandom number generator. The value produced by the random number generator may be made public. The public seed is often called a “salt.”

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Classifications

Entity Type

Data85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

Public90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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Public Seeds
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Public Seed's
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Public Seeds'