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A [[GUID]] (globally unique identifier) is an arbitrary 128-bit identifier. It is the Microsoft version of [[UUID]].

== Format details ==
When written in standard text form, a GUID looks something like this:
{00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f}

In binary form, the first three fields are supposed to be stored using native [[endianness]]. Since Microsoft platforms usually use little-endian byte order, the above GUID would typically be stored as the following 16 bytes:
03 02 01 00 05 04 07 06 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f

== Links ==
* [[Wikipedia:Globally unique identifier]]

[[Category:Naming and numbering systems]]
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 In binary form, the first three fields are supposed to be stored using native [[endianness]]. Since Microsoft platforms usually use little-endian byte order, the above GUID would typically be stored as the following 16 bytes:
 02 01 00 05 04 07 06 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f
 == Links ==

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 * [[Wikipedia:Globally unique identifier]]
 [[Category:Naming and numbering systems]]
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 A [[GUID]] (globally unique identifier) is an arbitrary 128-bit identifier. It is the Microsoft version of [[UUID]].
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 * [[Wikipedia:Globally unique identifier]]
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