Compact, time-sortable unique identifiers for Java. A FlUID is a 16-character string encoding 80 bits: a 40-bit millisecond timestamp followed by 40 random bits, rendered in Crockford Base32.

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The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced Akrites, a ...

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