Windows Genuine Advantage

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Invention

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is an anti-infringement system created by Microsoft used to validate the licences of several Microsoft Windows operating systems upon accessing services such as Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center.

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