<p>The meaning is a bit string $x$ which is distributed uniformly on $\{0,1\}^{|x|}$.</p>

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2013-09-09T15:27:20.590Z
2013-09-09T15:27:20.590Z
Yuval Filmus
<p>I was going through the description of <a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/nist_beacon.cfm" rel="noreferrer">NIST Randomness Beacon</a>. I would like to know the meaning of the term </p>

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  <p>full-entropy bit-strings</p>
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<p>used in the third paragraph.</p>

<randomness><pseudorandomness><pseudorandom-generators><shannon-entropy>
What is full-entropy bit-strings?
Omar Shehab
# What is full-entropy bit-strings?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-09-09)

I was going through the description of [NIST Randomness Beacon](http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/nist_beacon.cfm). I would like to know the meaning of the term

> full-entropy bit-strings

used in the third paragraph.

**Tags:** randomness, pseudorandomness, pseudorandom-generators, shannon-entropy


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-09-09. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

The meaning is a bit string $x$ which is distributed uniformly on $\{0,1\}^{|x|}$.


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