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'''Key''' may refer to:
==Technology==
* [[Key (lock)]], device used to open a lock
* [[Churchkey]], various kinds of bottle and can openers
* [[Keychain]], small chain that connects a small item to a keyring
* [[Telegraph key]], the button used by a telegraph operator
* [[Unique key]], a value which is used to specify a unique row in a database table
* [[Key (cryptography)]], a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptogaphy algorithm
* [[Computer keyboard keys]]
* [[Key (orthodontics)]], a key used on a Palatal expander
* [[Skeleton key]]
==Music==
* [[Key (instrument)]]—musical instruments have keys for tuning and keys for playing
* [[Key (music)]], a set of notes
* [[Key signature]], in musical notation(s)
* [[Clef]], the symbol that assigns note names to the lines and spaces of the musical staff
==Geography==
* [[caption|Key]], a map legend or caption
* [[Key Island]], Tasmania, Australia
* [[Cay]]—pronounced "key" and often spelled that way—a small, low island
** [[Florida Keys]], an archipelago of about 1700 such islands in the southeast United States
==Artistry==
* [[Chroma key]], a method to superimpose several video layers using areas of a defined color as a mask
* [[Key frame]], a frame made by an animator from which other frames are derived
* [[Key light]], the primary light source that illuminates an image or scene
* [[Key plate]], a plate which prints the detail in an image, often using the color black
* [[Black]], in the [[CMYK color model]]
==Fiction==
* [[Key (comics)]], a DC Comics supervillain
* [[Sora (Kingdom Hearts)|Keyblade]], a key-shaped weapon used by Sora, the main character of the ''Kingdom Hearts series''
==Literature==
* [[Keyword (linguistics)]], word which occurs in a text more often than we would expect to occur by chance alone
* ''[[Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society]]'', book written by the Welsh Marxist academic Raymond Williams
* ''[[The Keys to the Kingdom]]'', a fantasy-adventure book series
* [[The Key (novel)|''The Key'' (novel)]] is the third and final novel in Marianne Curley's ''Guardians of Time'' trilogy
==Surnames==
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==Miscellanea==
* [[House of Keys]], the lower branch of the Isle of Man's Parliament
* [[Key (basketball)]], also known as the shaded lane in a basketball court
* [[Identification key]], a method of deducing the correct species assignment of a living thing
* [[Key Bank]], a bank headquartered in the Key Tower in Cleveland, Ohio
* [[Key Club]], a worldwide student service organization
* [[Key (company)]], a Japanese visual novel studio
* [[Keying (vandalism)]], a type of vandalism involving paint scratching
* [[Keys to the VIP]], a game show about pick up artists picking up women
* [[Apostolic Succession|Keys of the Kingdom]], a Bible phrase
* [[kilogram|Key]], slang used to describe a kilogram, usually used when regarding drugs
* [[Samara (fruit)]], fruit falling in spiral (from maple or ash trees).
* [[Keying (graphics)]], best known as [[Chroma keying]], AKA Green-screen/Blue-screen.
* [[KeY]], a software verification tool.
* [[Key the Metal Idol]], an anime OVA series produced by Studio Pierrot.
==See also==
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* [[Cay]]
* [[Quay]]
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[[pt:Chave (desambiguação)]]
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