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  2. Wikipedia:Random - Wikipedia

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    Shortcut. WP:RAN. On Wikipedia and other sites running on MediaWiki, Special:Random can be used to access a random article in the main namespace; this feature is useful as a tool to generate a random article. Depending on your browser, it's also possible to load a random page using a keyboard shortcut (in Firefox, Edge, and Chrome Alt-Shift + X).

  3. Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps - Wikipedia

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    Maps are useful in presenting key facts within a geographical context and enabling a descriptive overview of a complex concept to be accessed easily and quickly. WikiProject Maps encourages the creation of free maps and their upload on Wikimedia Commons. On the project's pages can be found advice, tools, links to resources, and map conventions.

  4. Procedural generation - Wikipedia

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    In computing, procedural generation (sometimes shortened as proc-gen) is a method of creating data algorithmically as opposed to manually, typically through a combination of human-generated content and algorithms coupled with computer-generated randomness and processing power. In computer graphics, it is commonly used to create textures and 3D ...

  5. List of random number generators - Wikipedia

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    However, generally they are considerably slower (typically by a factor 2–10) than fast, non-cryptographic random number generators. These include: Stream ciphers. Popular choices are Salsa20 or ChaCha (often with the number of rounds reduced to 8 for speed), ISAAC, HC-128 and RC4. Block ciphers in counter mode.

  6. Random map - Wikipedia

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    Random map. A player exploring a randomly generated map in the roguelike game Nuclear Throne. In video games, a random map is a map generated randomly by the computer, usually in strategy games. Random maps are often the core of single and multiplayer gameplay, aside from story based campaigns that are often shipped with the game.

  7. Open Location Code - Wikipedia

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    Open Location Code. The Open Location Code (OLC) is a geocode based in a system of regular grids for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth. [1] It was developed at Google's Zürich engineering office, [2] and released late October 2014. [3] Location codes created by the OLC system are referred to as " plus codes ".

  8. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps is available as a mobile app for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems. The first mobile version of Google Maps (then known as Google Local for Mobile) was launched in beta in November 2005 for mobile platforms supporting J2ME. [186] [187] [188] It was released as Google Maps for Mobile in 2006. [189]

  9. List of games using procedural generation - Wikipedia

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    2004. Farbrausch. Most of the meshes and textures are procedurally generated, and the music is procedurally generated during runtime. [5][unreliable source] 7 Days to Die. 2013. The Fun Pimps. Maps (Worlds) can be generated, either randomly, using a seed, or via third party tools.