<s>
In	O
mathematics	O
and	O
statistics	O
,	O
a	O
random	B-Algorithm
number	I-Algorithm
is	O
either	O
Pseudo-random	B-Algorithm
or	O
a	O
number	O
generated	O
for	O
,	O
or	O
part	O
of	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
exhibiting	O
statistical	O
randomness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1964-developed	O
algorithm	O
is	O
popularly	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Knuth	B-Algorithm
shuffle	I-Algorithm
or	O
the	O
Fisher	B-Algorithm
–	I-Algorithm
Yates	I-Algorithm
shuffle	I-Algorithm
(	O
based	O
on	O
work	O
they	O
did	O
in	O
1938	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
real-world	O
use	O
for	O
this	O
is	O
sampling	O
water	O
quality	O
in	O
a	O
reservoir	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
feature	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
III	I-General_Concept
:	O
a	O
hardware-based	O
random	B-Algorithm
number	I-Algorithm
generator	O
.	O
</s>
