Definition of key- in English English dictionary
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>-in
- a moment when the environment around the awake but fatigued or distressed individual is itself similar to the dormant (inactive) engram At that moment the engram becomes active See also engram
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>-in
- An instruction entered into the Key-in window to control MicroStation Most key-ins have GUI equivalencies
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>-ring
- A pair of keys that consists of both a public key and its corresponding private key Key-rings are used in public-key encryption systems such as Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Data encrypted with someone's public key can only be decrypted with the corresponding private key, and vice versa Key-rings are associated with an encryption system known as Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) [see also: Encryption, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)]
- Allen <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A hex head wrench
- Esc <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- a key on the keyboard of personal computers used to generate the escape character
- <span class="word-self">Keyspan> 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
- <span class="word-self">Keyspan> Stages
- plural form of Key Stage
- PF <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- programmed function key
- a golden <span class="word-self">keyspan> can open any door
- Sufficient money can accomplish anything
- accelerator <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A keyboard shortcut
- alt <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys
- bis <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A key using alternative fingerings for certain notes on woodwind instruments. Specifically, a key that is located between the first and second keys operated by the left hand on a saxophone. Pressing LH1 and the bis key simultaneously results in the sounding of a Bb. This is especially useful when playing in keys with many flats
- bump <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A lockpicking tool in the form of a key of the type generally used to open a lock, on which all pin position have been cut down to the lowest position, so that striking this key sharply with a hammer while applying turning force at just the right instant after the impact will 'bump' open a lock
- church <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A can opener having a triangular tip that pierces the can
- content <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A downloadable file that unlocks items, characters, levels, or other content that was included with the game but not immediately accessible (if at all through normal gameplay)
- control <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of other keys; normally labelled "Ctrl"
- dead <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A special modifier key used to attach a specific diacritic to a letter previously typed
- dichotomous <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A written tool for identification of plants and animals. It is written as a sequence of paired questions, the choice of which determines the next pair of questions until a name or identification is reached
- electronic car <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- An electronic device that serves the purpose of a car key by locking and unlocking a vehicle remotely
- foreign <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A field in a relational database record that points to a key field in another table
- function <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Any of a set of keys on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to activate a predefined or programmable function; often labelled F1 to F12, and used in combination with the shift key, alt key and control key
- hex <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A hex head wrench
- hot <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- a keyboard shortcut
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- 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.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- : A value that uniquely identifies an entry in an associative array
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Indispensable
He is the key witness.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- 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:.
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- : 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.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A piece of information (e.g. a passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- : kilogram
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A crucial step or requirement
the key to winning this game.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key
He keyed the car that had taken his parking spot.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- One of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard, each causing a particular sound or note to be produced
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- : In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique)
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart; a legend
The key says that A stands for the accounting department.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A hierarchical scale of musical notes on which a composition is based
the key of B-flat major.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- : (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.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- To depress (a telegraph key)
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- 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.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- To fit (a lock) with a key
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio)
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Important, salient
She makes several key points.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A device used to transmit Morse code
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- An object designed to open and close a lock
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- One of a string of small islands
the Florida Keys.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- One of various levers on a musical instrument used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> 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.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> bindings
- plural form of key binding
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> cards
- plural form of key card (alternative spelling of keycards)
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> chains
- plural form of key chain. an alternative spelling of keychain
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> exchange
- An exchange of peers' keys at initialization phase of connection
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> exchanges
- plural form of key exchange
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> fob
- an item carried on a key ring either as decoration or security
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> fob
- a remote control for locking/unlocking a car door, carried with the car keys
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> fobs
- plural form of key fob
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> in
- to enter data by keyboarding
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> into
- To grasp; to understand the overall concept of or be acutely aware of the underlying and essential meaning of something. To get it
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> lime
- A small yellow lime, Citrus aurantifolia, from southern Florida
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> log
- The log which, if removed, would free up the whole logjam
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> 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..
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> logger
- Software or hardware designed to record keyboard entries, thus stealing passwords or other sensitive data
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> loggers
- plural form of key logger
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> off
- To take as a controlling input datum
This logic keys off the user's social security number.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> performance indicator
- A financial or non-financial metric used to help an organization define and measure progress toward organizational goals
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> press
- The act or action of pressing keys; manual input
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> press
- The buffered electrical signal resulting from such an event, sometimes distinguished from the release
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> press
- The depression of an input key; a keystroke
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> presses
- plural form of key press
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> presses
- Important or indispensable presses, possibly
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> set identifier
- A value that is used to identify a key
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> set identifiers
- plural form of key set identifier
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> 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.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> signatures
- plural form of key signature
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> to the midway
- A Ferris wheel or carousel, due to their central location
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> to the midway
- A type of fool's errand
- latch-<span class="word-self">keyspan> child
- A child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s)
- latch-<span class="word-self">keyspan> children
- plural form of latch-key child
- lock <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Any of certain keys of a computer keyboard that switch between certain states and are represented by LEDs
- low <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A restrained or subdued situation
- low <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A dark area of a photograph with little contrast
- low-<span class="word-self">keyspan>
- dark, with little or no fill light|fill light]] and high lighting ratio|lighting ratio]]
- low-<span class="word-self">keyspan>
- restrained, subtle, not trying to attract attention
She deserves an Oscar for her low-key performance in that movie.
- major <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A musical key based upon a major scale
- map <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A legend; a small description of the symbols used, in an inset
- map-<span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Attributive form of map key, noun
The atlas's map-key font size is too small.
- master <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A key designed to open a set of several locks; a passkey
- minor <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A musical key based upon a minor scale
- modifier <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A key (of a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions
Ctrl, Alt, and Shift are the modifier keys on a typical modern keyboard.
- off-<span class="word-self">keyspan>
- not harmonious, or out of accord
- off-<span class="word-self">keyspan>
- pitched inaccurately either above or below the correct note
- pre-shared <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A TKIP passphrase used to protect your network traffic in WPA. A mechanism in Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)—Personal that allows the use of manually entered keys or passwords to initiate WPA security. The PSK is entered on the access point or home wireless gateway and each PC that is on the Wi-Fi network. After entering the password, Wi-Fi Protected Access automatically takes over. It keeps out eavesdroppers and other unauthorized users by requiring all devices to have the matching password. The password also initiates the encryption process which, in WPA is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and in WPA2 is Advanced Encryption Standard (WPA2)
- primary <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A uniquely identifying key in the design of database tables
- private <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- The unpublished key in a cryptographic system that uses two keys
- programmed function <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A function key whose function can be assigned by the user or by a program
- public <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- The public one of the two keys used in asymmetric cryptography
- public <span class="word-self">keyspan> certificate
- a certificate which uses a digital signature to bind together a public key with an identity — used to verify that a public key belongs to an individual
- public <span class="word-self">keyspan> cryptography
- The subfield of cryptography in which all information used to encode a message is assumed to be publicly available
- shift <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism
- shift <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys
- shortcut <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A key or key combination involved in a keyboard shortcut
- silent <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A ham radio operator who has died
- skeleton <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A key that has parts filed away so that it will open a range of locks
- soft <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A softkey: a button, located along a display device, which performs whatever function is shown near it on the display
- soft <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Gently highlighting; low-key
- soft-<span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Attributive form of soft key, noun
- ten-<span class="word-self">keyspan> calculator
- Alternative form of 10-key calculator
- throw away the <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- To never release someone (eg, from prison)
The should just lock them up and throw away the key.
- under lock and <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- imprisoned with little or no chance of escape
If it was him we can have him under lock and key in 24 hours.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- {n} a thing to open a lock or explain, part of musical instrument, tone in music, wharf
- allen <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Trademark - A spanner designed to fit into and turn an Allen screw
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- (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
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- (Spor) The key, officially referred to as the free throw lane is an area in a basketball court underneath the basket bounded by the endlines, the foul lanes and the free throw line. Usually painted (although unpainted on some courts with painted perimeters), it is a critical area on the court, where much of the action takes place in a game
- <span class="word-self">keyspan> concept
- Main idea
- low-<span class="word-self">keyspan>
- (deyim) Relaxed and easygoing
Surprisingly, dinner with the governor was a low-key affair.
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- In a database, a field in a record that is used as a search argument (but is not necessarily unique)
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- {f} lock with a key, fasten with a key; fit, adapt, adjust; tune, adjust the pitch of (Music); supply with an explanatory device; type into a computer by means of a keyboard (Computers)
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- The way a scale is identified One of system of tones or harmonies generated from a scale of seven tones Its name is determined by its key note A key may be major or minor It also denotes a lever on an instrument, such as a piano or saxophone, which is depressed to produced the sound
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- 1 In cryptography, a symbol or sequence of symbols which controls the operations of encryption and decryption 2 As it pertains to the Headline puzzle, a word that is used in the process of creating the mixed alphabet This word must not contain any repeated letters See hat
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- "flat seven,"
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A password, pass phrase, or other sequence used to access encrypted information, the key 'unlocks' controlled data or systems
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access; "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it"
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- One of the following: A value used to identify a record in a database, derived by applying a fixed function to the record The key is often simply one of the fields (a column if the database is considered as a table with records being rows) Alternatively, the key can be obtained by applying a function to one or more of the fields A value that must be fed into the algorithm used to decode an encrypted message in order to reproduce the original plain text Some encryption schemes use the same (secret) key to encrypt and decrypt a message, but public key encryption uses a "private" (secret) key and a "public" key that is known by all parties
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- The key person or thing in a group is the most important one. He is expected to be the key witness at the trial
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- In music, a key is a scale of musical notes that starts on one specific note. the key of A minor
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- {i} device used to open locks; something which allows entry; something which explains or assists in solving a problem; means to acquire or reach something; legend, list which provides decoding information; button on a keyboard; tone, note, pitch (Music); cay, Florida key, reef located off the southern coast of Florida
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A string of bits used to encrypt and decrypt data In an encryption algorithm, the key determines the mapping from plain text to encrypted text
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- A set of columns in a table variable which constitute a unique identifier for every row in the table Note that a key may contain no columns, as well as multiple columns In effect, a key states that no two rows in the table variable for which it is defined are allowed to have the same values for all the columns of the key Note also that keys are inferred for derived table variables
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) a kilogram of a narcotic drug; "they were carrying two keys of heroin"
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A musical work that is centered around a certain scale or tone is said to have a key A piece written in C major will usually end in that key Most music is written in major keys or minor keys Some pieces are written without a key so that all the tones can be equally important
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- To use a key as a tool of convenience
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- regulate the musical pitch of vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A short piece of information that is used with the rule for decryption to allow an authorized user to decrypt a message Often abbreviated as K
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A simplified version or analysis which accompanies something as a clue to its explanation, a book or table containing the solutions to problems, ciphers, allegories, or the like, or a table or synopsis of conspicuous distinguishing characters of members of a taxonomic group
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Data used when encrypting or decrypting secure data Encrypted data must have a key to be decrypted
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building
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- Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as " sharp four, " "flat seven," etc
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A value that uniquely identifies an entry in an associative array
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- harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"
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- A key is a specially shaped piece of metal that you place in a lock and turn in order to open or lock a door, or to start or stop the engine of a vehicle. They put the key in the door and entered
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- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges
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- A digital code used to encrypt or decrypt messages Private key encryption uses a single, secret key Dual key (public key) encryption uses two keys of which one is secret and one is public
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- A metallic lever by which the circuit of the sending or transmitting part of a station equipment may be easily and rapidly opened and closed; any device for closing or opening an electric circuit
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- Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key
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- A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart
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- Keys are elements of the Iconclass system that are declared in lists A list of keys is valid for a certain range of notations Keys are made up of one or more digits, occasionally by digits and one ore more words Keys are always preceded by a plus (+) sign and placed between parentheses They are placed at the end of a notation and add a 'shade of meaning' to the definition or meaning of the notation proper Where two or more key numbers are used in a single notation, the lower number always comes first In many computer applications, no more than one key is added to a notation For more keys, the notation is repeated key numbers can be combined with text
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key"
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- (1) (n ) A button on a keyboard that represents a character (2) (n ) A character or characters that identify a record in a data file A key field (one located in the same place in every record of a file or data set) has content that is the key for the record (3) (n ) The code for encrypting or decrypting data See also encryption
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- A value used to identify a record in a database, often simply on the fields The set of keys for all records is the index L Return to top
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- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
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- (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad
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- United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
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- keys a means of opening; for example, a password is a key to an account; a public-key and a private-key are used in asymetric cryptograhic systems (encryption systems)
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- Information (usually a sequence of random or pseudorandom binary digits) used initially to set up and periodically change the operations performed in crypto-equipment for the purpose of encrypting or decrypting electronic signals, for determining electronic counter-countermeasures patterns (e g , frequency hopping or spread spectrum), or for producing other key Note: "Key" has replaced the terms "variable," "key(ing) variable," and "cryptovariable " [NIS]
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- Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance
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- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place
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- {s} important, significant; fundamental, central; necessary
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- A string of characters used to mathematically encode a message so that it can only be read by someone in possession of that key or another related key (depending on whether the encryption method being used is symmetric or asymmetric) Most cryptosystems rely on a key, which can be one of a large number of values (the keyspace) In general, the security of a cipher lies in the key
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- kilogram
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock
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- The key on a map or diagram or in a technical book is a list of the symbols or abbreviations used and their meanings. You will find a key at the front of the book
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- The keys of a piano or organ are the long narrow pieces of wood or plastic that you press in order to play it
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- The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the freethrow line, the freethrow lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole
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- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
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- regulate the musical pitch of
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as
- <span class="word-self">keyspan>
- A bar or key, in a typewriter or typesetting machine, used for spacing between letters
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- In terms of encryption, a key is a value applied using an algorithm to a string of unencrypted text to produce encrypted text, or vice versa Key length is a factor in determining the strength of encryption
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- serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
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- a list of answers to a test; "some students had stolen the key to the final exam"
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- A keystone
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- something crucial for explaining; "the key to development is economic integration"
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- A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc
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- A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc
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- Information that causes a cipher to encrypt or decrypt information in a distinctive way Individual keys are usually associated with individual entities, or at most a pair of entities
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- A symbol or sequence of symbols (or electrical or mechanical correlates of symbols) applied to text in order to encrypt or decrypt
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- effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
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- The key to a desirable situation or result is the way in which it can be achieved. The key to success is to be ready from the start see also master key. American lawyer and poet who wrote "Defense of Fort M'Henry" after witnessing the British attack on Fort McHenry at Baltimore on September 13-14, 1814. The poem was set to the music of an 18th-century tune called "To Anacreon in Heaven," renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner," and in 1931 was adopted by Congress as the national anthem. A low offshore island or reef, especially in the Gulf of Mexico; a cay. A kilogram of marijuana, cocaine, or heroin. very important or necessary. In music, system of pitches and harmonies generated from a scale of seven tones, one of which is predominantly important. Keys are a basic element of tonality and represent an outgrowth of modal music (see church mode). When a given piece is "in C," C is its "tonic," or central tone. Most Western music after 1600 is written in either a major or a minor key. The major scale consists of the interval pattern tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone. The minor scale consistently differs from it by beginning with the pattern tone-semitone-tone, producing a minor third rather than a major third above the tonic. Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Key West key cryptographic Key David McKendree Key Francis Scott novel with a key
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- An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc
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- The last board of a floor when laid down
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- a kilogram of a narcotic drug; "they were carrying two keys of heroin"
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- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint"
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- upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc
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- To observe an opposing player closely in an attempt to determine the direction in which he is going to be moving A running back, for example, who draws his left foot back slightly as he lines up, may be going to carry the ball to the right Keying on the back can reveal this
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- a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed
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- The fundamental tone of a movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends; keynote
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- The keys on a computer keyboard or typewriter are the buttons that you press in order to operate it
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- In a database, a field of a relation constrained to be unique
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- the tonality of a scale; the organization of the pitches of a piece of music around a tonal center, or tonic
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- A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven
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- {i} low island located close to a shore
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- Information (usually a sequence of random or pseudo-random binary digits) used initially to set up and periodically change the operations performed in crypto-equipment for the purpose of encrypting or decrypting electronic signals, for determining electronic counter-countermeasures patterns (e g , frequency hopping or spread spectrum), or for producing other key NOTE: "Key" has replaced the terms "variable," "key(ing) variable," and "cryptovariable "
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- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
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- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint"
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- identify as in botany or biology, for example
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- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
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- A string of bits used widely in cryptography, allowing people to encrypt and decrypt data; a key can be used to perform other mathematical operations as well Given a cipher, a key determines the mapping of the plaintext to the ciphertext See also distributed key, private key, public key, secret key, session key, shared key, sub key, symmetric key, weak key
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- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations a list of answers to a test; "some students had stolen the key to the final exam"
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- When used in the context of cryptography, a series of random numbers used by a cryptographic algorithm to transform plaintext data into encrypted data, and vice versa
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- In British usage, "key" is often used as a synonym for what an American would call a wrench Even in the U S , the term "Allen key" is sometimes used for an Allen wrench "Key spoke" is a term I coined to designate the first spoke installed when building a new wheel
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- An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; called also key fruit
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- A piece of wood used as a wedge
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- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key"
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- That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter
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- sharp four
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- retrieval