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It's far more complicated (and simple) than that. This S/O question will help you understand. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/246930/is-there-any-difference
by cek 11y ago
It's far more complicated (and simple) than that. This S/O question will help you understand.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/246930/is-there-any-difference-between-a-guid-and-a-uuid http://stackoverflow.com/questions/246930/is-there-any-diffe...
A UUID generated or used by any of Microsoft's APIs or tools named with "Guid" are 100% standard UUIDs. It is not possible to create a a UUID with these APIs or tools that does not conform to the standard.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoGUIDs are a particular implementation of UUID, yes. The big difference is that GUID tends to be upper-case and little-endian (except for the big-endian bit), whereas UUIDs tend to be lower-case and big-endian.