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COA

Updated: 02/07/2022 by Computer Hope

Short for Certificate Of Authenticity, COA is a document included with some software that proves it was purchased legally. A COA often has a unique identification number used to verify the authenticity of the program when it is being installed on the computer.

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Certificate, Computer acronyms, Product key, Software terms, TLA

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