Thus, without a central authority to approve the uniqueness, internally created identifiers can fail to be globally unique, and sometimes even locally unique.
Each Write has a globally unique identifier, called a "WID".
Like all networked devices, the socket has a MAC address, a globally unique network address.
The City was central to all this, a globally unique cluster of expertise and capital.
Such a future would see these fires destroy Tasmania's globally unique rainforests and mesmerising alpine heathlands.
Returns a globally unique identifier for this interactor, which is set when the interactor is constructed.
"But, as an adult, I tell you, being globally unique in the age of Google can be extremely helpful".
Typically, one network uses RFC1918 IP addresses, which are translated into globally unique IP addresses.
This design has led to widespread waste of globally unique IP addresses.
These addresses are translated to globally unique addresses for routing on the Internet.
RealNetworks had the capability to match this data with a Globally Unique Identifier, or GUID, that exposed the user's identity.
