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/dev/random

Summary

/dev/random is a device file[1]. /dev/random draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (device_file category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • /dev/random's image is recorded as Rngtest FIPS-140-2 screenshot.png[3].
  • /dev/random's instance of is recorded as device file[4].
  • /dev/random's part of is recorded as Unix-like operating system[5].
  • /dev/random's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bkpj[6].
  • /dev/random's manifestation of is recorded as cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator[7].
  • /dev/random's man page is recorded as random.4[8].

Why It Matters

/dev/random draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (device_file category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] /dev/random has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] /dev/random is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator Unix-like operating system

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). /dev/random. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dev-random
MLA “/dev/random.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dev-random.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dev-random_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{/dev/random}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dev-random}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): /dev/random — https://4ort.xyz/entity/dev-random (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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