Key, Keys, The Key or The Keys may refer to:
Common uses
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Key (cryptography), a piece of information needed to encode or decode a message
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Key (instrument), a component of a musical instrument
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Key (lock), a device used to operate a lock
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Key (map), a guide to a map's symbology
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Key (music), the scale of a piece of music
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Key on a typewriter or computer keyboard
Arts, entertainment and media
Films
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The Key (1934 film), an American pre-Code film
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The Key (1958 film), starring William Holden and Sophia Loren
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The Key, also known as Odd Obsession, a 1959 Japanese comedy drama
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The Key (1961 film), a Soviet animated feature
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The Key (1965 film), a Croatian omnibus film
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The Key (1971 film), a Czechoslovak drama
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The Key (1983 film), an Italian erotic film
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The Key (1987 film), an Iranian film
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The Key (2007 film), a French thriller film
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Key (film), a 2011 Telugu-language psychological thriller
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The Key (2014 film), an American erotic drama film
Literature
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The Key (Curley novel), by Marianne Curley, 2005
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The Key (Elfgren and Strandberg novel), by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren, 2013
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The Key (Tanizaki novel), by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 1956
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"The Key" (short story), by Isaac Asimov, 1966
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The Key, a 1974 children's book by Sheila K. McCullagh, part of the Tim and the Hidden People series
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The Key: A Startling Enquiry into the Riddle of Man's Past, a 1969 book by John Philip Cohane
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The Key, a magazine published by Kappa Kappa Gamma
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"The Key", a short story by Satyajit Ray
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The Keys (journal), of the League of Coloured Peoples founded in 1933
Music
Bands
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The Keys (English band), 1979–1983
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The Keys, a Welsh band successor to Murry the Hump
Albums
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Key (Meredith Monk album), 1971
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Key (Son, Ambulance album), 2004
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The Key (Joan Armatrading album), 1983
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The Key (Vince Gill album), 1998
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The Key (Nocturnus album), 1990
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, 2015
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Keys (album), by Alicia Keys, 2021
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The Keys (EP), by GWSN, 2020
Songs
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"The Key" (Speech Debelle song), 2009
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"The Key" (Matt Goss song), 1995
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"The Key", a song by Ou Est Le Swimming Pool from the 2010 album The Golden Year
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"Key", a song by Band-Maid from the 2014 album Maid in Japan
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"The Key", a 2010 song by Edita Abdieski
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"Key", a song by C418 from the 2011 album Minecraft – Volume Alpha
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"The Keys", a song by Crazy Town from the 2015 album The Brimstone Sluggers
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"Key", a song by Porter Robinson from the 2017 EP Virtual Self
Television
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"The Key", a Code Lyoko episode, 2005
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"The Key" ( Fear the Walking Dead), 2020
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"The Key", an episode of Prison Break (season 1), 2006
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"The Key" ( The Walking Dead), 2018
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"The Key", an episode of Yes, Prime Minister, 1986
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"The Keys" ( Seinfeld), a 1992 TV episode
Other uses in arts, entertainment and media
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Key (character), a supervillain in the DC Comics universe
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Key, the title character of Key the Metal Idol, a Japanese original video animation series
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The Key, a painting by Jackson Pollock
People
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Key (surname), including a list of people with the surname
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Keys (surname), including a list of people with the surname
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Key (entertainer) (born 1991), South Korean entertainer
Places
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Cay, or key, a small island on the surface of a coral reef
United States
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Key, Alabama
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Key, Ohio
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Key, West Virginia
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Keys, Oklahoma
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Florida Keys
Elsewhere
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The Keys, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Rural Municipality of Keys No. 303, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Key, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
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Key Island, Tasmania, Australia
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The Key, New Zealand, a locality of Mararoa, New Zealand
Science and technology
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Candidate key, or simply a key, in relational database management systems
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Key (engineering), a machine element used to connect a rotating machine element to a shaft
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KeY, a tool is used in formal verification of Java programs
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The Key (smartcard), a British smartcard for public transport ticketing
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.key, file extension used by Keynote presentation software
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Identification key, used to identify biological entities
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Telegraph key, or Morse key, a specialized electrical switch
Sports
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Key (basketball), a marked area on a basketball court
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Frederick Keys, an American baseball team
Other uses
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Key (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
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Key Airlines, an American former airline
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Key School, in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
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Keys, a truce term used in western Scotland
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Amazon Key, a service by Amazon Prime
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House of Keys, the lower branch of the parliament of the Isle of Man
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Samara (fruit), or key, a type of fruit
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Yeoman Warders Club in the Tower of London, or "The Keys"
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KeyBank, an American regional bank based in Cleveland, Ohio
See also
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Keay, a surname
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Keays, a surname
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Keyes (disambiguation)
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Keying (disambiguation)
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Qi (disambiguation)
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Quay (disambiguation)
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Keyboard instrument
