serial

  1. Adjective.  Having to do with or arranged in a series.
  2. Adjective.  Published or produced in installments.
  3. Noun.  A work, as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
  4. Noun.  (computing, slang) A serial number required to activate software.

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