"superkey" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superkey.wav Forms: superkeys [plural]
Etymology: From super- + key. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|key}} super- + key Head templates: {{en-noun}} superkey (plural superkeys)
  1. (databases) Any set of attributes of a relation variable (relvar) that serve to identify a single tuple or row, no other tuple having the same value for every attribute in the set. Wikipedia link: superkey Categories (topical): Databases

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