Is it possible to design our own algorithm to create unique GUIDs?

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GUID are generated by the combination of numbers and characters with a hyphen.

eg) {7B156C47-05BC-4eb9-900E-89966AD1430D}

In Visual studio, we have the 'Create GUID' tool to create it. I hope the same can be created programmatically through window APIs.

How GUIDs are made to be unique? Why they don't use any special characters like #,^ etc...

Also Is it possible to design our own algorithm to create unique GUIDs?

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