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Surrogate key
Noun
Word Frequency:
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Definitions
1.
Noun
A unique identifier for an entity or object, not derived from application data.
"We weren't sure which columns in the table would have unique values, so we used a separate surrogate key as the primary key."
Synonyms
surrogate
unique identifier
candidate key
sortkey
primary key
subkey
split key
high surrogate
serial key
passkey
datasource
subsecret
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