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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

key (foreign key)

The primary key of one file or table which is used in another file or table to implement the relationships between them.

Related terms
tablekeykey fieldprimary keysecondary keyentity relationship diagramrelational databasetuple
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