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[Actors] Section for types and IDs
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[Learn more about Dapr Workflow and how to use workflows in your application.]({{< ref workflow-overview.md >}})
## Actor types and actor IDs
Actors are uniquely defined as an instance of an actor type, similar to how an object is an instance of a class. For example, you might have an actor type that implements the functionality of a calculator. There could be many actors of that type distributed across various nodes in a cluster.
Each actor is uniquely identified by an actor ID. An actor ID can be _any_ string value you choose. If you do not provide an actor ID, Dapr generates a random string for you as an ID.
## Features
### Actor lifetime