# How are random numbers generated

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-are-random-numbers-generated/307307>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [April 1, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-are-random-numbers-generated/307307 "2010-04-01T08:21:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Swooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@Swooter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Swooter)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-are-random-numbers-generated/307307/1 "2010-04-01T08:21:27Z")

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Hi there,

As this is the ‘random’ forum, I was wondering…

Does anybody know how random numbers (such as Math.random()) are generated?