Is it 'uid' or 'uuid'?

[mccalluc]

In some places it's one, in some places another. I remember Nils having concerns that if the user can assign it, it's not really universally unique, so maybe that's why it's only one "u" in some places? I don't care, and would be happy with any of uuid/uid/id, but the inconsistency seems like something we'll trip over in the future.

[pkerpedjiev]

It can be either. Should stand for universal identifier. If you need to use it somewhere new use 'uid'.

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[imperd1x]

So, uuid that means Universally Unique Identifier. This is cryptographically strong pseudo random number generator. About uid or Unique Id over time with respect to the host that it was generated on.

Example:

• Generated UUID : 4e4deff9-b027-4359-8ad5-320e429b5739
• Generated UID: 3e336481:14ed674b5d1:-8000

Personally i prefer use uuid

[drew-512]

The ancient Romans used uuid I believe, but eventually what we know today as "roman numerals" took over as it was regarded as "disruptive tech" at the time.