At 03:20 PM 12/15/00 -0500, Jeremy Allen wrote:
>There is a standard algorithm to follow for generating
>a UUID. There are a few variations on them but in order
Right. The UUID algorithm uses time, but also space (your IEEE 802 Internet
node address), which is why it's called a "Universal" Unique Identifier. If
two machines generated a UUID at exactly the same millionth of a second
point, they would still yield unique numbers. ...also explains why some of
the octets seem to stay the same when you're generating them at the same
spatial node.
The UUID specification actually supports very high allocation rates: 10
million per second per machine if you need it.
Pretty amazing, eh? ;-)
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