# Public Key Cryptography Standard 12 file

> an archive file format for storing many cryptography objects as a single file, commonly used to bundle a private key with its X.509 certificate or to bundle all the members of a chain of trust

**Wikidata**: [Q3359717](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3359717)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS_12)  
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