Definition von key' im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Key Stage
- Any of the stages of the state education system of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar, introduced with the National Curriculum in 1988, defining the knowledge expected of students at various ages
- Key Stages
- plural form of Key Stage
- key
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend)
The American Heart Association has prepared their own guide to classification and, keying it with the Standard Nomenclature of Diseases, have done much to encourage a concise yet complete diagnosis.
- key
- : A value that uniquely identifies an entry in an associative array
- key
- Indispensable
He is the key witness.
- key
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class
Indicate the comparative value of each heading by keying it with a number in pencil, in the left margin, as follows:.
- key
- : The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole
He shoots from the top of the key.
- key
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them
- key
- One of various levers on a musical instrument used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind
- key
- A piece of information (e.g. a passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages
- key
- : kilogram
- key
- A crucial step or requirement
the key to winning this game.
- key
- One of a string of small islands
the Florida Keys.
- key
- To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key
He keyed the car that had taken his parking spot.
- key
- An object designed to open and close a lock
- key
- One of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard, each causing a particular sound or note to be produced
- key
- A device used to transmit Morse code
- key
- : In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique)
- key
- Important, salient
She makes several key points.
- key
- A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart; a legend
The key says that A stands for the accounting department.
- key
- To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio)
- key
- A hierarchical scale of musical notes on which a composition is based
the key of B-flat major.
- key
- To fit (a lock) with a key
- key
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain the orientation between them
- key
- One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, most of which generally correspond to a particular character
Press the Escape key.
- key
- To depress (a telegraph key)
- key
- : (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad
Our instructor told us to key in our user IDs.
- key binding
- A key, or pattern of keys which, when pressed, cause something to happen
I changed the key binding for pause to the escape key.
- key bindings
- plural form of key binding
- key cards
- plural form of key card (alternative spelling of keycards)
- key chains
- plural form of key chain. an alternative spelling of keychain
- key exchange
- An exchange of peers' keys at initialization phase of connection
- key exchanges
- plural form of key exchange
- key fob
- a remote control for locking/unlocking a car door, carried with the car keys
- key fob
- an item carried on a key ring either as decoration or security
- key fobs
- plural form of key fob
- key in
- to enter data by keyboarding
- key into
- To grasp; to understand the overall concept of or be acutely aware of the underlying and essential meaning of something. To get it
- key lime
- A small yellow lime, Citrus aurantifolia, from southern Florida
- key log
- The key issue or problem, which if (re)solved, would make the current task easy to complete. The issue around which the whole problem revolves
Present conditions are a crisis of confidence. . . . Electric utilities are the key log..
- key log
- The log which, if removed, would free up the whole logjam
- key logger
- Software or hardware designed to record keyboard entries, thus stealing passwords or other sensitive data
- key loggers
- plural form of key logger
- key off
- To take as a controlling input datum
This logic keys off the user's social security number.
- key performance indicator
- A financial or non-financial metric used to help an organization define and measure progress toward organizational goals
- key press
- The depression of an input key; a keystroke
- key press
- The buffered electrical signal resulting from such an event, sometimes distinguished from the release
- key press
- The act or action of pressing keys; manual input
- key presses
- Important or indispensable presses, possibly
- key presses
- plural form of key press
- key set identifier
- A value that is used to identify a key
- key set identifiers
- plural form of key set identifier
- key signature
- An indication of the key of a composition, giving the number of sharps or flats in the corresponding scale
The key signatures of D major and b minor both have two sharps.
- key signatures
- plural form of key signature
- key to the midway
- A type of fool's errand
- key to the midway
- A Ferris wheel or carousel, due to their central location
- key
- {n} a thing to open a lock or explain, part of musical instrument, tone in music, wharf
- Key Performance Indicator
- (Finans) Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to quantify objectives to reflect strategic performance of an organization. KPIs are used in Business Intelligence to assess the present state of the business and to prescribe a course of action. The act of monitoring KPIs in real-time is known as business activity monitoring. KPIs are frequently used to "value" difficult to measure activities such as the benefits of leadership development, engagement, service, and satisfaction. KPIs are typically tied to an organization's strategy (as exemplified through techniques such as the Balanced Scorecard)
- key
- (Spor) (Basketball) An area at each end of the court between the base line and the foul line and including the jump-ball circle at the foul line: a jump shot from the top of the key
- key concept
- Main idea
- key player
- The key players in a particular organization, event, or situation are the most important people or things involved in it
- key signature
- (Muzik) The group of sharps or flats placed to the right of the clef on a staff to identify the key
- key takeaway
- The most important information that has been presented