For those who are not sure about the difference UUID vs. GUID UUID = Universally Unique Identifier, RFC 4122 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122.html https://

For those who are not sure about the difference UUID vs. GUID UUID = Universally Unique Identifier, RFC 4122 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122.html https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122.html) GUID = Globally Unique Identifier, the (mostly) Microsoft flavored version of UUIDs, used in partition tables as well Both of them consist of 128 bits, and both use 6 bits to denote the way the ID was generated, e.g. using the NIC MAC or timestamps. An overview over the different RFC 4122 UUID flavors can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#RFC_4122_variant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#...