primary key

noun

primary key

noun
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Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences In the design of a database table, the primary key (abbreviated PK) is selected among the non-empty set of candidate keys. The PK is a column (or an irreducible group of columns) able to identify every row of the table.

Related terms
candidate key, foreign key

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