siemenarvo
Siemenarvo, in Finnish, refers to the seed value used to initialize a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG). The seed is the starting state from which a deterministic sequence of numbers is produced. With the same siemenarvo, a given PRNG will generate the same sequence of numbers across runs, enabling reproducibility in simulations, testing, and stochastic computations. Conversely, different siemenarvot produce different sequences, providing variability.
The exact form of a siemenarvo depends on the RNG algorithm: it may be an integer, a
In practice, siemenarvo is chosen or supplied by the user when reproducibility is desired, or left to
Common programming examples include seeding functions in various languages: a function that sets the seed for