what is rand?

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Amelyan - 31 Mar 2006 04:29 GMT

Often, I see something called "rand" or ".rand" or "rnd" in url query
parameter, for example in yahoo mail url. E.g.

http://someurl.com/a.aspx?id=123&rand=91g3obstudb1r

or http://someurl.com/a.aspx?Rnd=1.2341123

What is it used for?

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gurvar - 31 Mar 2006 05:05 GMT

its a randomly generated number may be to tag in the session ID

> Often, I see something called "rand" or ".rand" or "rnd" in url query
> parameter, for example in yahoo mail url. E.g.
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> Thanks

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