failure

completion bonus, fee paid upon success of a project, contingent fee

(idiomatic) achieve success

(cryptography) secret key

(cryptography) public key

(cryptography) key exchange - an exchange of peers' keys at initialization phase of connection.

black key (of a piano, etc.)

white key (of a piano, etc.)

to lock (a door, etc.) / (Internet slang) (of a SNS account) to change privacy setting to limited people and posts and/or profiles can be seen by limited people.

(idiomatic) to hold the key (to)