"serial key" meaning in All languages combined

See serial key on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: serial keys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} serial key (plural serial keys)
  1. (computing) A string of characters or equivalent access code that must be input into a program in order to activate it. Categories (topical): Computing, Copyright Synonyms: serial [informal] Related terms: serial number

Inflected forms

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