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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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