Seed
The bit string given as input to a pseudorandom process. Its usefulness follows from one property: different seeds produce different pseudorandom sequences — so holding a seed fixed holds that source of variation fixed.
Official source: seed — Glossary, NIST Computer Security Resource Center →
Note what this does not promise. The source establishes the behaviour of the seed, not that an entire generation pipeline reproduces identically when other inputs change.
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