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This module provides a framework for generating UUIDs (Universally
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Unique Identifiers, also known as GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers). A
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UUID is 128 bits long, and is guaranteed to be different from all other
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UUIDs/GUIDs generated until 3400 A.D. UUIDs were originally used in the
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Network Computing System (NCS) and later in the Open Software
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Foundation's (OSF) Distributed Computing Environment. Currently many
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different technologies rely on UUIDs to provide unique identity for
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various software components, Microsoft COM/DCOM for instance, uses GUIDs
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very extensively to uniquely identify classes, applications and
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components across network-connected systems.
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