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What Does CCleaner Mean?

CCleaner is a software product from Piriform that facilitates registry organization and optimization by deleting previously installed and unnecessary program components, such as independent Web browsers and other applications. CCleaner also helps users eliminate cookies, small files and other bits of information that slow device performance.

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Techopedia Explains CCleaner

CCleaner is available for Mac OS 7, as well as older and more recent versions of Microsoft Windows, like XP and 7.

Since the release of CCleaner’s first version in 2008, Piriform has applied significant enhancements to later versions, provided better browser support and recognized requirements of other popular programs, such as BitTorrent. Recent versions come with reduced bug issues, optimized operations, an upgraded graphical user interface (GUI) and added security features.

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Margaret is an award-winning writer and educator known for her ability to explain complex technical topics to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles in the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret’s idea of ​​a fun day is to help IT and business professionals to learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages.