From d4819ca82c9d300846bdcaa1b822fb9d5dbabaf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Naomi Pentrel <5212232+npentrel@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 14:46:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] DOCS-14824: Clarify random part of objectId --- source/includes/fact-ObjectId-construct.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/includes/fact-ObjectId-construct.rst b/source/includes/fact-ObjectId-construct.rst index 6aea30714a0..9f6abc15072 100644 --- a/source/includes/fact-ObjectId-construct.rst +++ b/source/includes/fact-ObjectId-construct.rst @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ - a 4-byte *timestamp value*, representing the ObjectId's creation, measured in seconds since the Unix epoch -- a 5-byte *random value* +- a 5-byte *random value* generated once per process. This random value + is unique to the machine and process. - a 3-byte *incrementing counter*, initialized to a random value