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UUID is an abbreviation for '''Universally Unique Identifier'''. It is a 128-bit (16 byte) value which is generated in such a way as to make collisions very unlikely. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID Wikipedia on UUIDs] for more information. | UUID is an abbreviation for '''Universally Unique Identifier'''. It is a 128-bit (16 byte) value which is generated in such a way as to make collisions very unlikely. They are often represented as a string of 32 hex characters with four dashes interspersed. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID Wikipedia on UUIDs] for more information. | ||
In LSL they are stored in the [[key]] variable type (which is a specialized form of a string). | In LSL they are stored in the [[key]] variable type (which is a specialized form of a string). | ||
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UUID is an abbreviation for Universally Unique Identifier. It is a 128-bit (16 byte) value which is generated in such a way as to make collisions very unlikely. They are often represented as a string of 32 hex characters with four dashes interspersed. See Wikipedia on UUIDs for more information.
In LSL they are stored in the key variable type (which is a specialized form of a string).