Alternative form of keyword

Dated form of keyword.

plural of Morse key

(computing, databases) In the design of a database table, a column (or an irreducible group of them) able to identify every row of the table. One of the candidate keys (abbreviated CKs) will be the primary key.

plural of candidate key

plural of key-fruit

(botany) A samara.

A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks; distinguished from a master key.

plural of change key

(engineering) A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose. / (computing) A key value used to identify where to split the children of a parent node in a B-tree or similar data structure.