"foreign key" meaning in English

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        "A column (or group of columns) in a relational table that identifies another table, so that items in the two tables can be conceptually linked."
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          "database",
          "database"
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          "column",
          "column"
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          "relational",
          "relational"
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        [
          "table",
          "table"
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          "identifies",
          "identifies"
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        "(databases) A column (or group of columns) in a relational table that identifies another table, so that items in the two tables can be conceptually linked."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "referential integrity"
        },
        {
          "word": "primary key"
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        "databases",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "word": "外鍵"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wàijiàn",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "word": "外键"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cizí klíč"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "word": "viiteavain"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "clé étrangère"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Fremdschlüssel"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gaibu kī",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "word": "外部キー"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "word": "شناسال"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chave estrangeira"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cheie străină"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vnéšnij ključ",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вне́шний ключ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "främmande nyckel"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "column referencing another table",
          "word": "yabancı anahtar"
        }
      ],
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        "foreign key"
      ]
    }
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        ],
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          "identifies",
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        "(databases) A column (or group of columns) in a relational table that identifies another table, so that items in the two tables can be conceptually linked."
      ],
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        "databases",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "word": "外鍵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wàijiàn",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "word": "外键"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cizí klíč"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "word": "viiteavain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clé étrangère"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fremdschlüssel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gaibu kī",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "word": "外部キー"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "word": "شناسال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chave estrangeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cheie străină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnéšnij ključ",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вне́шний ключ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "främmande nyckel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "column referencing another table",
      "word": "yabancı anahtar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foreign key"
}