AQA A’Level SLR01 Introduction to programming Part 6 – Random numbers

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AQA Specification Reference
AS Level 3.1.1.8
A Level 4.1.1.8

This video is one in a series of six which provides you with an introduction to some fundamental concepts of programming. In this video we take a look at: Random number generation.

Key questions:

- What are the typical uses of random number generation in programs?
- How can random numbers be generated?

00:00 Programming basics- Part 6
00:05 Intro
00:10 Random numbers
00:22 Random number generation in Python
01:07 Random number generation in different languages
01:40 Key questions
01:53 Going beyond the specification
02:06 The problem with generating random numbers
02:33 Pseudorandom numbers vs true random numbers
05:10 Outro

Last updated: 10.04.25

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