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Key - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Svengali, Teletype, Vip, Access, Accord, Adapt, Aerophone, Amplification, Archipelago, Assimilate, Atoll, Axial, Bang, Bar |
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The word key has several uses:
- A key (lock) as a physical object (tool) used to manipulate a lock.
- A key (music) forms a property of a piece of music: see also key signature.
- A key (cryptography) consists of a piece of information, usually kept secret, used to customise ciphers.
- A key (instrument) comprises a moving part of a musical instrument.
- Key (company), a Japanese firm, makes ren'ai video games.
- In database design, keys refer to unique values in database rows. See primary key and related articles.
- A telegraph key serves to send Morse code.
- Typewriters and computer keyboards have buttons called keys used for the input of text or commands.
- A key (map) consists of the section of a map or other document that explains the symbols used elsewhere on the document.
- A key (art) features in painting and photography.
- A key frame constitutes a frame or cell in animation which serves as a guide for the other frames, or inbetweens. Usually the key framer is a more prominent artist than inbetweeners.
- An identification key can help to identify species.
- The word key or cay may refer to an island, especially in the Caribbean Sea.
- The Florida Keys consist of a chain of islands off the coast of Florida.
- A skate key functions as a tool in the adjusting of roller skates.
- Keying (graphics) involves compositing two or more frames in video editing.
- Keying (car) involves using something metallic, such as a latch-key, in order to scratch something (often something of perceived value) such as a car.
- The House of Keys (also knowns as "The Keys") operates as part of the Tynwald - the parliament of the Isle of Man
- The word "key" has a homophone: quay.
- The word Key can refer to an English surname, as in Francis Scott Key.
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Example Usage of Key |
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tboswell: anyone who wants/needs a beta Key for bad company 2 can get one here http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/battlefield-bad-company-2/ |
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itsbrittbitoch: #justbecause we talk don't mean you can stop by when you want or that your getting a Key #getittogether |
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3Phil4: Add to that the fact thy it's damn near impossible to steal an Audi with out the Key to the car. |
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