(thing) by mgriffithsuk Tue Mar 20 2001 at 12:21:09

A long series of characters that allow a piece of software to be unlocked. This allows only the registered user to use the softawre. Sometimes the licence key is used to unlock certain functionalities of the software or to unlock it after a trial period has ended. Many Warez sites have free keys.

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