candidate key

C c

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA

Definitions of candidate key words

noun Technical meaning of candidate key (database) One of several possible attributes or combinations of attributes which can be used to uniquely identify a body of information (a "record"). The chosen candidate key is called the primary key. 1
noun candidate key (computing, databases) In the design of a database table, a column (or an irreducible group of them) able to identify every row of the table. One of the candidate keys (abbreviated CK's) will be the primary key. 0

See all 2 definitions of candidate key

Information block about the term

Parts of speech for Candidate key

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Candidate key

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?

Yes No

Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page

Tell us why?