See keygen on Wiktionary
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"(computing) A small program used to generate a license key used to unlock a trial version of software illegitimately."
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"word": "註冊機 /注册机"
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"word": "序號機 /序号机"
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"word": "序號產生器 /序号产生器"
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"word": "序列號生成器 /序列号生成器"
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"word": "註冊機 /注册机"
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"sense": "program",
"word": "序號機 /序号机"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"sense": "program",
"word": "序號產生器 /序号产生器"
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"code": "cmn",
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"lang_code": "cmn",
"sense": "program",
"word": "註冊碼生成器 /注册码生成器"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"sense": "program",
"word": "序列號生成器 /序列号生成器"
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"sense": "program",
"word": "avaingeneraattori"
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