key

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key

Summary

key is a type of cryptographic key[1]. key draws 156 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_cryptographic_key category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • key's instance of is recorded as type of cryptographic key[3].
  • key's subclass of is recorded as data[4].
  • key's subclass of is recorded as mathematical object[5].
  • key's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dxyr[6].
  • key's facet of is recorded as cryptography[7].
  • key's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/cryptographic-key[8].
  • key's used by is recorded as cipher[9].
  • key's has characteristic is recorded as key size[10].
  • key's different from is recorded as Klucz[11].
  • key's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19680847[12].
  • key's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 200632571[13].
  • key's MetaSat ID is recorded as key[14].
  • key's Treccani's Lessico del XXI Secolo ID is recorded as chiave[15].
  • key's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C4957475[16].
  • key's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as key[17].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for key include Keycloak[18], a free and open-source software[19], founded in 2014[20].

Why It Matters

key draws 156 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_cryptographic_key category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] key has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] key is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for key include Keycloak[18], a free and open-source software[19], founded in 2014[20].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_key-q471771_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{key}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/key-q471771}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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