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One interesting application of HUGE prime numbers is in encryption. Many systems used nowadays for encryption use more or less random prime numbers, of over a hundred digits each.

This is by no means the only practical application of prime numbers. More examples of practical uses can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Applications

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