(1) The starting value used by a random number generation routine to create random numbers.
(2) A BitTorrent user who has a file that can be downloaded to another user. See
BitTorrent seed.
(3) (seed accelerator) See
startup accelerator.
(4) A series of words from which a private cryptocurrency key is created. See
crypto seed phrase.
(5) (SEED) (
Self-
Electro-optic-
Effect
Device) An optical transistor developed by David Miller at Bell Labs in 1986.