UUID API
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**(new in OpenOS 1.6)**

The uuid API is a very simple library for creating 128 bit random identifiers.

  * ''uuid.next() string''

  Returns 128 bit random identifiers, represented as a hex value in a string grouped by 8, 4, 4, 4, and 12 hex characters, separated by dashes.

  e.g. `34eb7b28-14d3-4767-b326-dd1609ba92e`. You might recognize this pattern as it is the same used for component addressing.

```lua
print(require("uuid").next())
```

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