acronym for "Universal(ly) Unique Identifier" Originally a computer term: an address to identify and communicate with a single device on the Internet. Now used as slang contraction f [..]

Short for Universally Unique IDentifier, UUID is a 128-bit value used for identification used in software construction. UUID is the same as GUID (Microsoft) and is part of the Distributed Computing En [..]

Universally Unique IDentifier, also known as Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). In the context of the distributed computing environment, unique means practically

A Universally Unique Identifier -- often also called GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) -- is a string of numbers and letters which can be computed dynamically and is guaranteed to be unique. Generally [..]

UUID (Universally Unique Identifier). It is not in will generate a 128-bit random number using SecureRandom. The intent is to create unique identifiers for things without having to have a central agen [..]

Universal Unique ID.

A unique value (typically in human readable form) that is often used for primary keys in entities. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier