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メインキー Japanese meaning | Kotomora

メインキー

Meanings

1

noun

main key

computing

Computing term for the primary key in a database or similar data structure.

このテーブルでは、IDカラムがメインキーです。
In this table, the ID column is the main key.

Written forms

メイン・キー
- メインキー
  Variant with interpunct; less common in running text.
- メイン・キー

Similar words

プライマリーキー
Synonymous; プライマリーキー is also common in database contexts.
外がい部ぶキー
A foreign key, which references a main key in another table.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'main key'.