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A UUID is an abbreviation for '''Universally Unique Identifier'''.  It's 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.
A UUID is an abbreviation for '''Universally Unique Identifier'''.  It's 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.
In LSL they are stored in the [[key]] variable type (which is a specialized form of a string).

Revision as of 05:13, 18 March 2007

A UUID is an abbreviation for Universally Unique Identifier. It's a 128-bit (16 byte) value which is generated in such a way as to make collisions very unlikely. 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).