Snowflake ID
Snowflake IDs, or snowflakes, are a form of unique identifier used in distributed computing. The format was created by Twitter (now X) and is used for the IDs of tweets. It is popularly believed that every snowflake has a unique structure, so they took the name "snowflake ID". The format has been adopted by other companies, including Discord and Instagram. The Mastodon social network uses a modified version.
대규모 분산 처리 시스템에서 유용한 식별자를 만드는 방법
See also
- GUID
- Serial number
- Disk UUID
- Product key
- Uniform Resource Name (URN)
- Universally Unique Lexicographically Sortable Identifier (ULID)
- Universally unique identifier (UUID