candidate key
English
Noun
candidate
key
(
plural
candidate keys
)
(
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
CKs
) will be the
primary key
.
Related terms
primary key
foreign key
See also
first normal form
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