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diff --git a/academic/ent/slack-desc b/academic/ent/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..59d68635ed --- /dev/null +++ b/academic/ent/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# 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 - A 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: |