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candidate key

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables
can-di-date key
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the design of a database table, a column (or an irreducible group of them) able to identify every row of the table, having a unique value or set of values in each row. One of the candidate keys (abbreviated CKs) will be the primary key.

Inflected Forms

candidate keys (plural)

Phrases

business key foreign key natural key primary key first normal form

Frequently Paired Words

business key foreign key natural key primary key first normal form

Questions

What does candidate key mean?
In the design of a database table, a column (or an irreducible group of them) able to identify every row of the table, having a unique value or set of values in each row. One of the candidate keys (abbreviated CKs) will be the primary key.

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