Note that Kubernetes UIDs are UUIDs

kubernetes · Sep 3, 2019 · f99323f · f99323f
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 {{< glossary_definition term_id="uid" length="all" >}}
 
+Kubernetes UIDs are universally unique identifiers (also known as UUIDs).
+UUIDs are standardized as ISO/IEC 9834-8 and as ITU-T X.667.
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 * Read about [labels](/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels/) in Kubernetes.