The field in a record that is used as an identifier for accessing, sorting, and collating records.
a field of a database (typically a relational database) table which together form a unique
a field of a relational database) table which together form a unique identifier for a record (a
A field in the data source that links related data in master and detail controls.
An attribute of an object that represents a type of information about that object. For example, a video object might have key fields for the title and length of the video.
A field that identifies a record. Tables are indexed and sorted on key fields. Within a sort, the fields that determine sort order.
A main field that can be used to create an index for fast, random-access retrieval of records.
Database fields used for document searches and retrieval. Synonymous with “index field.
The field in a database table that uniquely describes each record. For example, the key field in a database table of employees might be the employee number. Also known as the primary key.
A field (or group of fields) used to uniquely identify each record in the database.
sometimes used as a synonym for index field, also refers to a collection of unique search terms within a set of documents
Field that uniquely identifies each record in a file. Also called a primary key. 13.5