US PATENT SUBCLASS 708 / 250
.~.~ Random number generation

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708 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS: ARITHMETIC PROCESSING AND CALCULATING

100  DF  ELECTRICAL DIGITAL CALCULATING COMPUTER {10}
200  DF  .~ Particular function performed {26}
250.~.~ Random number generation {6}
251  DF  .~.~.~> Oscillator controlled
252  DF  .~.~.~> Linear feedback shift register
253  DF  .~.~.~> Plural parallel output bits
254  DF  .~.~.~> Seed value controls
255  DF  .~.~.~> Truly random number
256  DF  .~.~.~> Plural parallel outputs

DEFINITION

Classification: 708/250

Random number generation:

(under subclass 200) Subject matter wherein the computer generates a number or sequence of numbers characterized by unpredictability so that no number is any more likely to occur at a given time or place in a sequence than any other.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems,

164, for a miscellaneous circuit producing a rectangular waveform having a random characteristic (e.g., random width).

331, Oscillators,

78, for electrical noise or random wave generation by oscillators (e.g., random pulse generators).