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@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@ I know... It's a bit jarring. What's worse; even within the definitions we _do_
To figure out how UUIDv2 became this way, let's explore:
- What makes a UUID a UUID?
- How is UUIDv2 defined?
- What was UUIDv2 supposed to be used for?
- What are the problems with UUIDv2?
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- [What makes a UUID a UUID?](#specs)
- [How is UUIDv2 defined?](#uuidv2-definition)
- [What was UUIDv2 supposed to be used for?](#posix-data)
- [What are the problems with UUIDv2?](#problems-with-uuidv2)
# What makes a UUID a UUID? {#specs}
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> Interesting in more history of UUIDs? [Twilio Segment's blog has an amazing history lesson about how they came to be](https://segment.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-the-uuid/).
# How is UUIDv2 Defined?
# How is UUIDv2 Defined? {#uuidv2-definition}
While the DCE specification is happy to go in-depth about [the fine-grained details of UUIDv2](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9696989899/chap5.htm#tagcjh_08_02_01_01), let's take a more zoomed out look at it:
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Well, to answer this, we have to take a short detour to explain what UUIDv2 was supposed to be used for.
# What was UUIDv2 Supposed to Be Used for?
# What was UUIDv2 Supposed to Be Used for? {#posix-data}
In [Unix-like operating systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like) such as Linux and macOS, your machine needs a way to keep track of the users on its system. The primary way computers in this family of OSes do this is by assigning you a ["User ID", or "UID"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_identifier).
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**This was UUIDv2's original purpose: Encoding of POSIX data in a unique ID**: There are application instances where having the user's operating system information easily accessible would be handy in the resource's ID.
# Why do UUIDv2s suck?
# Why do UUIDv2s suck? {#problems-with-uuidv2}
UUIDv2 has a lot of problems today: