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Why are the hexadecimal digits grouped in this particular way?

And do each digit groups have special meanings?

I know, it is trivial for an average end user, but it still made me curious.

Example comment ID: [`35b44caa-c16a-4411-8d26-2cf07610aeab`](/c/35b44caa-c16a-4411-8d26-2cf07610aeab) . Why are the hexadecimal digits grouped in this particular way? And do each digit groups have special meanings? ---- I know, it is trivial for an average end user, but it still made me curious.

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I see.

Voat apparently does it with normal (sequential) upcounting (like Poal's post counts).