A device or software to produce true, random output. In parapsychological experimentation, true random number generators are utilized to test the ability of so-called psychics to influence the actions of random number generation simply by the power of their psyches. RNGs are used in cryptography and certain financial simulations.

RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR (RNG): "A random number generator can be a software program."
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