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<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Elements of File Formats |released=1993 }} A <a href="/wiki/CLSID" title="CLSID">CLSID</a> is a globally-unique identifier of a COM (Component Object Model) object. It...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Elements of File Formats<br /> |released=1993<br /> }}<br /> A [[CLSID]] is a globally-unique identifier of a COM (Component Object Model) object. It is in the form of a [[GUID]] (a more-or-less arbitrary 128-bit identifier). Some documents seem to use the terms ''CLSID'' and ''GUID'' interchangeably, though a CLSID is really a specific kind of GUID. CLSIDs are widely used in the [[Windows Registry]], and appear in some file formats, such as [[Microsoft Compound File]].<br /> <br /> COM is a software interface standard developed by Microsoft.<br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> * [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms691424(v=vs.85).aspx Windows Dev Center: CLSID key]<br /> * [[Wikipedia: Component Object Model]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Naming and numbering systems]]<br /> [[Category:Microsoft]]<br /> [[Category:Windows]]</div>

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