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Diffstat (limited to 'shlibs/uuid/man/uuid_generate.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | shlibs/uuid/man/uuid_generate.3 | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/shlibs/uuid/man/uuid_generate.3 b/shlibs/uuid/man/uuid_generate.3 index 95a2100c8..88062478b 100644 --- a/shlibs/uuid/man/uuid_generate.3 +++ b/shlibs/uuid/man/uuid_generate.3 @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function forces the use of the all-random UUID format, even if a high-quality random number generator (i.e., .IR /dev/urandom ) is not available, in which case a pseudo-random -generator will be subsituted. Note that the use of a pseudo-random +generator will be substituted. Note that the use of a pseudo-random generator may compromise the uniqueness of UUIDs generated in this fashion. .sp @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function only uses this algorithm if a high-quality source of randomness is not available. .sp The UUID is 16 bytes (128 bits) long, which gives approximately 3.4x10^38 -unique values (there are approximately 10^80 elemntary particles in +unique values (there are approximately 10^80 elementary particles in the universe according to Carl Sagan's .IR Cosmos ). The new UUID can reasonably be considered unique among all UUIDs created |