Candidate key

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounIn the design of a database table, a column (or an irreducible group of them) able to identify every row of the table, having a unique value or set of values in each row. One of the candidate keys (abbreviated CKs) will be the primary key.

Synonyms

primary key sortkey surrogate key function key split key keycode passkey index surrogate programmed function key keyfile subkey

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