title: What is a seed in terms of generating a random number?
body: <p>What is a seed in terms of generating a random number?</p>
  
  <p>I need to generate hundreds to thousands of random numbers, I have read a lot about using a "seed".  What is a seed?  Is a seed where the random numbers start from?  For example if I set my seed to be 5 will it generate numbers from 5 to whatever my limit is?  So it will never give me 3 for example.</p>
  
  <p>I am using C++, so if you provide any examples it'd be nice if it was in C++.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>