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Perlin noise

Perlin noise is like a pattern of lots of different shapes that all fit together to make one big picture. It's like taking tiny pieces of paper and putting them all together to make something really cool. This type of noise is used a lot in video games, because it looks natural and it doesn't have any repetitive patterns. It's like a really complicated jigsaw puzzle that changes all the time.
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