# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| ent: ent (pseudorandom number sequence test program) ent: ent: ent applies various tests to sequences of bytes stored in files ent: and reports the results of those tests. The program is useful ent: for evaluating pseudorandom number generators for encryption and ent: statistical sampling applications, compression algorithms, and other ent: applications where the information density of a file is of interest. ent: Tests performed include Entropy, Chi-square, Arithmetic Mean, Monte ent: Carlo value for Pi, and Serial Correlation Coefficient. ent: ent: