Usually means: Unique identifier for database records.
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  1. primary key: Wiktionary
  2. primary key: Dictionary.com
  3. Primary key: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. primary key: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Primary Key: CCI Computer
  3. Primary Key: Database Glossary
  4. Primary Key: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  5. Technopedia (No longer online)
  6. primary key: Encyclopedia

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  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (primary key)

noun:  (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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