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The UUID library is used to generate unique identifiers for objects
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that may be accessible beyond the local system. This library
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generates UUIDs compatible with those created by the Open Software
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Foundation (OSF) Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) utility
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uuidgen.
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The UUIDs generated by this library can be reasonably expected to be
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unique within a system, and unique across all systems. They could
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be used, for instance, to generate unique HTTP cookies across multiple
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web servers without communication between the servers, and without fear
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of a name clash.
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From util-linux-ng.
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