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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>pseudoprime</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="pseudo.html" title="pseudo"/><link rel="next" href="pseudosuit.html" title="pseudosuit"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">pseudoprime</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pseudo.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pseudosuit.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="pseudoprime"/><dt xmlns="" id="pseudoprime"><b>pseudoprime</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point
missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from number theory: a number
that passes a certain kind of &#8220;<span class="quote">primality test</span>&#8221; may be called a
<span class="firstterm">pseudoprime</span> (all primes pass any such
test, but so do some composite numbers), and any number that passes several
is, in some sense, almost certainly prime. The hacker backgammon usage
stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it
will do the same job unless you are unlucky.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pseudo.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pseudosuit.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">pseudo </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> pseudosuit</td></tr></table></div></body></html>