Key is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like important or harmonize. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Key in a sentence
Related words
Key meaning
- An object designed to open and close a lock.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- A crucial step or requirement.
Synonyms of Key
Using Key
- The main meaning on this page is: An object designed to open and close a lock. | An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation. | A crucial step or requirement.
- Useful related words include: important, harmonize, harmonise, tonality.
- Possible Dutch translations are: toonsoort, toonaard.
- In the example corpus, key often appears in combinations such as: the key, key to, key is.
Context around Key
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Key
- In this selection, "key" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, private, public, new, encryption, algorithms and signature stand out and add context to how "key" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include s public key, a dedicated key near the, private key, public key and key drivers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "key" sits close to words such as industry, human and lost, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with key
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It may reside on the key or as a dedicated key near the key. (14 words)
The first key that is required is a public key and the second key that is required is a private key. (21 words)
Symmetric-key algorithms Other terms for symmetric-key encryption are secret-key, single-key, shared-key, one-key, and private-key encryption. (22 words)
The keyboards have the same keys with the same markings but (1) the default use for key left of "1", is a grave dead key (this change is also made on UK-Extended) and (2) when AltGr is pressed, the apostrophe key becomes an acute dead key. (47 words)
Most are used in hybrid cryptosystems for reasons of efficiency – in such a cryptosystem, a shared secret key (" session key ") is generated by one party, and this much briefer session key is then encrypted by each recipient's public key. (40 words)
A given public key (or more specifically, information binding a user name to a key) may be digitally signed by a third party user to attest to the association between someone (actually a user name) and the key. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Symmetric-key algorithms Other terms for symmetric-key encryption are secret-key, single-key, shared-key, one-key, and private-key encryption.
Filing date: December 18, 2008 using fully memorizable private key upon the current private key management technologies like encrypted private key, split private key, and roaming private key.
Relationship between key signature and key A key signature is not the same as a key ; key signatures are merely notational devices.
Because the break function is usually combined with the pause function on one key since the introduction of the IBM Model M 101-key keyboard in 1985, the Break key is also called the Pause key.
If the nonce and long-term key are simply concatenated to generate the RC4 key, this long-term key can be discovered by analysing a large number of messages encrypted with this key.
Most are used in hybrid cryptosystems for reasons of efficiency – in such a cryptosystem, a shared secret key (" session key ") is generated by one party, and this much briefer session key is then encrypted by each recipient's public key.
The distinguishing technique used in public-key cryptography is the use of asymmetric key algorithms, where a key used by one party to perform encryption is not the same as the key used by another in decryption.
The first key that is required is a public key and the second key that is required is a private key.
The keyboards have the same keys with the same markings but (1) the default use for key left of "1", is a grave dead key (this change is also made on UK-Extended) and (2) when AltGr is pressed, the apostrophe key becomes an acute dead key.
This behavior is exemplified when the key is duplicated in a key duplication machine, where the original key acts as a control cam for cutting the new key.
When one round key has been deemed a potential round key considerably more often than any other key, it is assumed to be the correct round key.
Key supply sources include key industry participants, subject matter specialists from key companies, and consultants from several major companies and organizations active in the Payroll Compliance Services market.
It may reside on the key or as a dedicated key near the key.
Turns out, the Long Press function allows you to give any key the same functionality as a Caps Lock key, where tapping the key causes a constant input, and tapping a second time disables it.
A given public key (or more specifically, information binding a user name to a key) may be digitally signed by a third party user to attest to the association between someone (actually a user name) and the key.
A key in the forward position (front key) connects the operator to the cord pair, and a key in the back position sends a ring signal out on the cord (on older manual exchanges).
A modern oboe with the "full conservatoire" ("conservatory" in the US) or Gillet key system has 45 pieces of keywork, with the possible additions of a third octave key and alternate (left little finger) F- or C-key.
A relative record's key is its ordinal position; for example, the 10th record has a key of 10. This means that creating a record with a key of 5 may require the creation of (empty) preceding records.
Description Two of the best-known uses of public-key cryptography are: * Public-key encryption, in which a message is encrypted with a recipient's public key.
Distribution of a new key After a key has been revoked, or when a new user is added to a system, a new key must be distributed in some predetermined manner.
Phrases with key
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with key
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the key 63×
- key to 22×
- key is 20×
- and key 16×
- of key 16×
- private key 15×
- key and 14×
- public key 11×
- is key 11×
- with key 10×