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OEM stands for “Original Equipment Manufacturer”. These type of licenses are often pre-installed on a new devices. Hardware manufacturers buy them in bulk. You can also install it on your own computer, but then it binds to particular device and even though you can re-install it, you won’t be able to install in on a…