Key

Key, Keys, The Key or The Keys may refer to:

Common uses

Key (cryptography), a piece of information needed to encode or decode a message
Key (instrument), a component of a musical instrument
Key (lock), a device used to operate a lock
Key (map), a guide to a map's symbology
Key (music), the scale of a piece of music
Key in a keyboard layout
Legend (chart), an element of a chart

Arts, entertainment and media

Films

The Key (1934 film), an American pre-Code film
Key Largo (1948 film), starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
The Key (1958 film), starring William Holden and Sophia Loren
The Key, also known as Odd Obsession, a 1959 Japanese comedy drama
The Key (1961 film), a Soviet animated feature
The Key (1965 film), a Croatian omnibus film
The Key (1971 film), a Czechoslovak drama
The Key (1983 film), an Italian erotic film
The Key (1987 film), an Iranian film
The Key (2007 film), a French thriller
Key (film), a 2011 Telugu-language psychological thriller
The Key (2014 film), an American erotic drama

Literature

The Key (Curley novel), by Marianne Curley, 2005
The Key (Elfgren and Strandberg novel), by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren, 2013
The Key (Tanizaki novel), by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 1956
"The Key" (short story), by Isaac Asimov, 1966
The Key, a 1974 children's book by Sheila K. McCullagh, part of the Tim and the Hidden People series
The Key: A Startling Enquiry into the Riddle of Man's Past, a 1969 book by John Philip Cohane
The Key, a magazine published by Kappa Kappa Gamma
"The Key", a short story by Satyajit Ray
The Keys (journal), of the League of Coloured Peoples founded in 1933

Music

Bands

The Keys (English band), 1979–1983
The Keys, a Welsh band successor to Murry the Hump

Albums

Key (Meredith Monk album), 1971
Key (Son, Ambulance album)|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), by Alicia Keys, 2021
The Keys (EP), by GWSN, 2020

Songs

"The Key" (Speech Debelle song), 2009
"The Key" (Matt Goss song), 1995
"The Key", by Ou Est Le Swimming Pool from the 2010 album The Golden Year
"Key", by Band-Maid from the 2014 album Maid in Japan
"The Key", 2010, by Edita Abdieski
"Key", by C418 from the 2011 album Minecraft – Volume Alpha
"The Keys", by Crazy Town from the 2015 album The Brimstone Sluggers
"Key", by Porter Robinson from the 2017 EP Virtual Self

Television

"The Key" (Code Lyoko), a 2005 episode
"The Key" (Danger Man), a 1960 episode
"The Key" (Fear the Walking Dead), a 2020 episode
"The Key" (Prison Break), a 2006 episode
"The Key" (The Walking Dead), a 2018 episode
"The Key", an episode of Yes, Prime Minister, 1986
"The Keys" (12 Monkeys), a 2015 episode
"The Keys" (Seinfeld), a 1992 episode

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

Key (character), a supervillain in the DC Comics universe
Key, the title character of Key the Metal Idol, a Japanese original video animation series
The Key, a painting by Jackson Pollock

People

Key (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Keys (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Key (entertainer) (born 1991), South Korean entertainer
Key Lawrence (born 2001), American football player

Places

United States

Elsewhere

The Keys, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Rural Municipality of Keys No. 303, Saskatchewan, Canada
Key Cay, British Virgin Islands
Key, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
Key Island, Tasmania, Australia
The Key, New Zealand, a locality of Mararoa, New Zealand

Other places

Cay, or key, a small island on the surface of a coral reef

Science and technology

Candidate key, or simply a key, in relational database management systems
- Unique key
A key in an associative array
Key (engineering), a machine element used to connect a rotating machine element to a shaft
KeY, a tool is used in formal verification of Java programs
The Key (smartcard), a British smartcard for public transport ticketing
.key, file extension used by Keynote presentation software
Identification key, used to identify biological entities
Telegraph key, or Morse key, a specialized electrical switch

Sports

Key (basketball), a marked area on a basketball court
Frederick Keys, an American baseball team

Other uses

Key (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
Key Airlines, an American former airline
Key School, in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
Keys, a truce term used in western Scotland
Key light, the primary light in a lighting setup
Amazon Key, a service by Amazon Prime
House of Keys, the lower branch of the parliament of the Isle of Man
Samara (fruit), or key, a type of fruit
Yeoman Warders Club in the Tower of London, or "The Keys"
KeyBank, an American regional bank based in Cleveland, Ohio
Cay, a small island, sometimes spelled "Key"

Key

Common uses

Arts, entertainment and media

Films

Literature

Music

Bands

Albums

Songs

Television

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

People

Places

United States

Elsewhere

Other places

Science and technology

Sports

Other uses

See also