Look up: key

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   Key
   A signal to move on to the next step in a skydive
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   In encryption, a key is a sequence of characters used to encode and decode a file. You can enter a key in two formats
   Found on http://www.setsolutions.com/security.htm
   
   
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   A low, insular BANK of sand, coral, etc., as one of the islets off the southern coast of Florida.
   Found on http://www.csc.noaa.gov/text/glossary.ht
   
   
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   [n] - United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812 2. [n] - a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida 3. [n] - any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music 4. [n] - a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations 5. [n] - something crucial for explaining 6. [n] - pitch of the voice 7. [n] - a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed 8. [n] - metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock`s mechanism can be rotated 9. [v] - provide with a key 10. [v] - vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key` 11. [v] - regulate the musical pitch of 12. [v] - harmonize with or adjust to
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   key
   In an encryption system, the encryption algorithm is generally assumed to be known. What is kept secret is the key (however a key may be a public key or a private key). There are many different forms of key, each of which can be regarded as a string of meaningless bits until it is used, as input to the encryption algorithm, to encode or decode a message.
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   Branching and statement keys. Both are used to find out what something is.
   Found on http://www.longman.co.uk/tt_secsci/resou
   
   
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   The control of a dynamics processing device by an external audio signal.
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   Unique identifiers such as ID numbers, file references, etc. logically associated with an image document and used as index information.
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   (In topic `Security`) A key is a string of bits used widely in cryptography to enable the encryption & decryption of data
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    The promotion code which appears somewhere on each subscription order (see also “Source code�)
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    The pitch reference for A diatonic scale
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    1. The screw that controls ink flow from the ink fountain of a printing press.
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    1. (database) A value used to identify a record in a database, derived by applying some 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, see 'key field'). Alternatively the key may be obtained by applying some function, e.g. a hash function, to one ...
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    one of a set of levers to be pressed by the fingers in playing a musical instrument Category: General • a piece of wood inserted in a joint(hence a keyed joint)to prevent movement between adjacent surfaces Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a piece inserted in an axial direction between a shaft and a hub to prevent relative rotation
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    To roughen a surface to provide a better grip when it is being glued; also the surface so roughened.
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    Definition (keystage 2) One of the buttons on a calculator that can be pressed in order to enter a number or perform an operation. <br /> To key in a number is to type it into the calculator.
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    Key (kē) noun [ Middle English keye , key , kay , Anglo-Saxon cæg .] 1. 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. 2. An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/7
    
    
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    Key transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Keved ; present participle & verbal noun Keying .] To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. Francis. To key up . (a) (Architecture) To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly ...
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    Key noun (Teleg.) 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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    Key noun 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.
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    To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. To key up. ... To raise the pitch of. Hence, fig, to produce nervous tension in. ... Origin: Keved; Keying. ... 1. 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 ...
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    tonality noun any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
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    paint noun (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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    noun metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock`s mechanism can be rotated
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    noun pitch of the voice; `he spoke in a low key`
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