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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  random numbers
       
          1.  pseudorandom number.
       
          2.  When one wishes to specify a large but random
          number of things, and the context is inappropriate for N,
          certain numbers are preferred by hacker tradition (that is,
          easily recognised as placeholders).  These include the
          following:
       
          17 - Long described at MIT as "the least random number"; see
          23.
       
          23 - Sacred number of Eris, Goddess of Discord (along with 17
          and 5).
       
          42 - The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the
          Universe, and Everything, as revealed in Douglas Adams'
          "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxly".  Note that this answer is
          completely fortuitous :-) (US pronunciation).  It has been
          observed that in the little-used number base 13, the answer to
          the ultimate question, "What is 6 x 9?", is indeed 42, showing
          that in six dimensions white mice have 13 digits.
       
          69 - From the sexual act.  This one was favoured in MIT's
          ITS culture.
       
          105 - 69 hex = 105 decimal and 69 decimal = 105 octal.
       
          666 - The Number of the Beast.
       
          For further enlightenment, study the "Principia Discordia",
          "The Joy of Sex", and the Christian Bible (Revelation 13:18).
       
          See also Discordianism or consult your pineal gland.  See
          also for values of.
       
          (1997-02-10)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  random numbers n. When one wishes to specify a large but random number
     of things, and the context is inappropriate for N, certain numbers are
     preferred by hacker tradition (that is, easily recognized as
     placeholders). These include the following:
  
   17
         Long described at MIT as `the least random number'; see 23.
    
   23
         Sacred number of Eris, Goddess of Discord (along with 17 and
         5).
    
   42
         The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and
         Everything ("what is 6 times 9", correct in base 13). (Note
         that this answer is completely fortuitous.  `:-)')
    
   69
         From the sexual act.  This one was favored in MIT's ITS
         culture.
    
   105
         69 hex = 105 decimal, and 69 decimal = 105 octal.
    
   666
         The Number of the Beast.
    
     For further enlightenment, study the "Principia Discordia", "{The
     Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "The Joy of Sex", and the Christian
     Bible (Revelation 13:18). See also Discordianism or consult your
     pineal gland. See also for values of.
  
  

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  random numbers
     n.
     (plural of en random number)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  random numbers
     n.
     (plural of en random number)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  random numbers
     n.
     (plural of en random number)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  random numbers
     n.
     (plural of en random number)

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  random numbers /ɹˈandəm nˈʌmbəz/ 
  haprifau 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  random numbers /ɹˈandəm nˈʌmbəz/
  Zufallszahlen , stochastische Zahlen 
     Synonym: stochastic numbers
  
   see: random number, stochastic number
  

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