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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. For instance, they
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could be used to generate unique HTTP cookies across multiple web
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servers without communication between the servers, and without fear
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of a name clash.
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The generated UUIDs can be reasonably expected to be unique within
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a system, and unique across all systems, and are compatible with
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those created by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) Distributed
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Computing Environment (DCE) utility uuidgen.
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