Key
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Key may refer to:
- Key (lock), a device used to open a lock
- Key (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
- Keying (vandalism), paint scratching
- Key Bank, a bank
- Key (comics), a DC Comics supervillain
- Key Club International, a worldwide student service organization
In music:
- Key (instrument), musical intruments have keys for tuning and keys for playing
- Key (music), a set of notes
- Key signature, in musical notation
In computers:
- A button on a keyboard
- Primary key or foreign key, in databases
- Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
- The index into a hash table
- Keying (graphics), an informal term for compositing two full frame images together
In geography:
- The legend on a map
- Cay, a small, low island
- Florida Keys
- See also Quay.
Key might also refer to:
- Churchkey, used for opening metal cans
- Key plate, in printing, a plate which printed the detail in an image
- Key frame, in animation, a frame made by an animator from which other frames are derived
- Identification key, a method of deducing the correct species assignment of a living thing
- House of Keys, the lower branch of the Isle of Man's Parliament
- An area on a basketball court
- Francis Scott Key
- Telegraph key, the button used by a telegraph operator
- The Keys to the Kingdom, a fantasy-adventure book series
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