"database key" meaning in English

See database key in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: database keys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} database key (plural database keys)
  1. (computing, databases) A unique identifier in the database management system IDMS, which indicates the record occurrence's physical location in the database. Categories (topical): Computing, Databases
    Sense id: en-database_key-en-noun-PbhIlNUE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for database key meaning in English (1.5kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "database keys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "database key (plural database keys)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Databases",
          "orig": "en:Databases",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A unique identifier in the database management system IDMS, which indicates the record occurrence's physical location in the database."
      ],
      "id": "en-database_key-en-noun-PbhIlNUE",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "database",
          "database"
        ],
        [
          "unique",
          "unique"
        ],
        [
          "identifier",
          "identifier"
        ],
        [
          "database management system",
          "database management system"
        ],
        [
          "indicates",
          "indicates"
        ],
        [
          "record",
          "record"
        ],
        [
          "occurrence",
          "occurrence"
        ],
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "location",
          "location"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, databases) A unique identifier in the database management system IDMS, which indicates the record occurrence's physical location in the database."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "databases",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "database key"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "database keys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "database key (plural database keys)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Databases"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A unique identifier in the database management system IDMS, which indicates the record occurrence's physical location in the database."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "database",
          "database"
        ],
        [
          "unique",
          "unique"
        ],
        [
          "identifier",
          "identifier"
        ],
        [
          "database management system",
          "database management system"
        ],
        [
          "indicates",
          "indicates"
        ],
        [
          "record",
          "record"
        ],
        [
          "occurrence",
          "occurrence"
        ],
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "location",
          "location"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, databases) A unique identifier in the database management system IDMS, which indicates the record occurrence's physical location in the database."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "databases",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "database key"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.