Universally Unique Identifier - History

History

The initial design of DCE UUIDs was based on UUIDs as defined in the Network Computing System, whose design was in turn inspired by the (64-bit) unique identifiers defined and used pervasively in Domain/OS, the operating system designed by Apollo Computer, Inc.

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