Whois & Analysis for cracksway.com

An example of a warez activator for Microsoft Office.

A key generator (key-gen) is a computer program that generates a product licensing key, such as a serial number, necessary to activate for use of a software application.

Keygens may be legitimately distributed by software manufacturers for licensing software in commercial environments where software has been licensed in bulk for an entire site or enterprise, or they may be distributed illegitimately in circumstances of copyright infringement or software piracy.

Linux Mint.

An example of a free-software operating system running some representative applications.

Shown are the Xfce desktop environment, the Firefox web browser, the Vim text editor, the GIMP image editor, and the VLC media player.

Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some proprietary software programs.

Product activation prevents unlimited free use of copied or replicated software.

Unactivated software refuses to fully function until it determines whether it is authorized to fully function.

Activation allows the software to stop blocking its use.

An activation can last "forever", or it can have a time limit, requiring a renewal or re-activation for continued use.

Product key on a Proof of License Certificate of Authenticity for Windows Vista Home Premium.

A product key, also known as a software key, is a specific software-based key for a computer program.

It certifies that the copy of the program is original.

A patch is a set of changes to a computer program or its supporting data designed to update, fix, or improve it.

This includes fixing security vulnerabilities and other bugs, with such patches usually being called bugfixes or bug fixes.

Patches are often written to improve the functionality, usability, or performance of a program.

The majority of patches are provided by software vendors for operating system and application updates.