[#BloombergLP-bdlb-RandomDevice]
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This `struct` provides a namespace for a suite of functions used for acquiring random numbers from the system&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlb&lowbar;randomdevice&period;h&gt;`

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struct RandomDevice;
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== Type Aliases

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/RandomDevice/size_t.adoc[`size&lowbar;t`] 
| Alias for `bsls&colon;&colon;Types&colon;&colon;size&lowbar;type`, used for buffer sizes&period;
|===


== Static Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/RandomDevice/getRandomBytes.adoc[`getRandomBytes`] 
| Load random bytes from the system random number generator&period;
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/RandomDevice/getRandomBytesNonBlocking.adoc[`getRandomBytesNonBlocking`] 
| Load random bytes from the system non&hyphen;blocking random number generator&period;
|===



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