Answer:
Well as you may or may not know, when you install a game to a PC you have to insert a product key, If you Illegally download a game, it will not come with a key, it may come with a keygen or you may have to find one yourself, a keygen does what is say on the tin, It generates a product key compatible for that game.
Keygens are also used for other peices of software.
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