candidate key

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candidate key

noun candidate keys

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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@misc{candidate_key_2026,
  title = {candidate key},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/candidate%20key},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}