Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, 3rd Ed.
Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, 3rd Ed.
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ISBN: 9781590282755
Author: John Zelle
Publisher: Franklin, Beedle & Associates
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Chapter 9, Problem 1TF
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The computers is unable to create the truly random numbers.

Hence, the given statement is “False”.

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  • The word random means “unpredictable” or non-deterministic.
  • The computers cannot create truly random numbers. This is because of the fact that computers like human beings cannot be random.
  • The computers can only create pseudo random numbers using some algorithms or programs.
  • Even though computers cannot produce truly random numbers, one can get natural random numbers from some machine events and get true random values from that by the assumption “anything in the world is random only”.

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