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