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
* "Keys" is also a clipped form of "keyboard instruments"
Key (music), a set of notes
Key signature, in musical notation

In computers:

A button on a computer 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
USB key, a computer storage device

In geography:

The legend on a map
Cay, a small, low island
key, a small, low island
Florida Keys
Key (woreda), a district in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia.

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
Keychain, small chain that connects a small item to a keyring
Keyword, a term referring to a specifical word employed for different meanings
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, author of the United States national anthem - "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Telegraph key, the button used by a telegraph operator
The Keys to the Kingdom, a fantasy-adventure book series
Keyblade, the main weapon of the main character of the Kingdom Hearts series, Sora.

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