Key
Common uses
    
- Key (cryptography), a piece of information needed to encode or decode a message
 - Key (lock), an object needed to open a mechanical lock
 - Key (map), a guide to a map's symbology
 - A typewriter or computer keyboard key
 - Answer key, a list of answers to a test
 
In music
    
- Key (music), the scale of a piece of music
 - Key (instrument), finger-operated mechanism in musical instruments
 - Keys, colloquial term for keyboard instruments
 
Places
    
- Cay, also spelled key, a small, low-elevation, sandy island formed on the surface of a coral reef
 
United States
    
- Key, Alabama
 - Key, Ohio
 - Key, West Virginia
 - Keys, Oklahoma
 - Florida Keys, an archipelago of about 1,700 islands in the southeast United States
 
Elsewhere
    
- Rural Municipality of Keys No. 303, Saskatchewan, Canada
 - Key, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
 - Key Island, Tasmania, Australia
 - The Key, New Zealand, a locality in Southland, New Zealand
 
Arts, entertainment and media
    
    Films
    
- The Key (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Michael Curtiz
 - The Key (1958 film), a war film directed by Carol Reed, starring William Holden and Sophia Loren
 - The Key, also known as Odd Obsession, a 1959 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa
 - The Key (1961 film), a Soviet animated feature
 - The Key (1965 film), a Yugoslav omnibus film
 - The Key (1971 film), a Czechoslovakian drama
 - The Key (1983 film), an Italian erotic film directed by Tinto Brass, starring Stefania Sandrelli
 - Kelid (The Key), a 1987 Iranian film written by Abbas Kiarostami
 - The Key (2007 film), a French thriller film directed by Guillaume Nicloux
 - Key (film), a 2011 film
 - The Key (2014 film), an American film directed by Jefery Levy
 
Literature
    
- The Key (Curley novel), a 2005 novel by Marianne Curley
 - The Key (Elfgren and Strandberg novel), a 2013 novel by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren
 - The Key (Tanizaki novel), a 1956 novel by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
 - "The Key" (short story), a 1966 short story by Isaac Asimov
 - The Key, a 1969 book of etymology by John Philip Cohane
 - The Key, a magazine published by Kappa Kappa Gamma
 - The Key, a music publication of WXPN in Philadelphia
 
Music
    
Albums
    
- Key (Meredith Monk album), 1971
 - Key (Son, Ambulance album), 2004
 - The Key (Joan Armatrading album), 1983
 - The Key (Vince Gill album), 1998
 - The Key (Nocturnus album), 1990
 - The Key (Operation: Mindcrime album), 2015
 - Keys (album), a 2021 album by Alicia Keys
 
Songs
    
- "The Key" (Speech Debelle song), 2009
 - "The Key" (Matt Goss song), 1995
 - "The Key" (Ou Est Le Swimming Pool song), 2010
 - "Key", a song from the album Maid in Japan by Band-Maid
 - "The Key", a song by Edita Abdieski
 - "Key", a song from the album Minecraft – Volume Alpha by C418
 
Television
    
- "The Key" (Code Lyoko episode), 2005
 - "The Key" (Fear the Walking Dead), 2020
 - "The Key" (Prison Break), 2006
 - "The Key" (The Walking Dead), 2018
 - "The Key" (Yes, Prime Minister), 1986
 - "The Keys" (Seinfeld), a 1992 TV episode
 
Other uses in arts, entertainment and media
    
- Key (character), a supervillain in the DC Comics universe
 - Kirby's Epic Yarn (KEY), a 2010 game by Nintendo
 - Key, the title character of Key the Metal Idol, a Japanese anime OVA series
 - The Key, a painting by Jackson Pollock
 
People
    
- Key (entertainer) (born 1991), South Korean entertainer
 - Key (surname)
 - Keys (surname)
 
Sports
    
- Key (basketball), a restricted area around the basketball net
 - Frederick Keys, a Double-A minor league baseball team
 
Technology
    
- Key (computing), a field in a computer file or database used to sort or retrieve records
 - Key (engineering), a type of coupling used to transmit rotation between a shaft and an attached item
 - KeY, a software verification tool
 - The Key (smartcard), a contactless smartcard for public transport ticketing in Britain
 - .key, file extension used by Keynote
 - Identification key, used to identify biological entities
 - Telegraph key, the button used by a telegraph operator
 
Other uses
    
- Key (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
 - The Key School, an independent coeducational school in Annapolis, Maryland
 - Keys, a truce term used in western Scotland
 - Amazon Key, a service by Amazon Prime allowing customers to get deliveries inside of their home or car
 - House of Keys, the directly elected lower branch of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man
 - Samara (fruit) or key, a type of fruit
 
See also
    
- All pages with titles beginning with Key
 - All pages with titles containing Key
 - Keay, a surname
 - Keyes (disambiguation)
 - Keying (disambiguation)
 - Quay (disambiguation)
 - Qi (disambiguation)
 - The Keys (disambiguation)
 
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