Globally Unique

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
GU
Pronunciation
/ˈgloʊbəli juˈnik/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. This namespace scope lets you organize code and gives you a way to create globally unique types.
  2. Globally unique resources reduce ambiguity.
  3. A globally unique identifier for the processor. This identifier may only be unique within a processor family.
  4. Every computer or mobile device that can talk to the Internet needs a globally unique address.
  5. In other words, the values given out by different dispenser instances are still globally unique.

Other meanings of GU