primary key

/P R AY1 M EH0 R IY0 K IY0/

noun

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(computing, databases) 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.

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