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surrogate key

unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database
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surrogate key

Summary

surrogate key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • surrogate key's subclass of is recorded as unique key[2].
  • surrogate key's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02dqlf[3].
  • surrogate key's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 72064500[4].
  • surrogate key's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Surrogate+key[5].

Why It Matters

surrogate key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). surrogate key. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/surrogate-key
MLA “surrogate key.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/surrogate-key.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_surrogate-key_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{surrogate key}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/surrogate-key}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): surrogate key — https://4ort.xyz/entity/surrogate-key (retrieved 2026-04-10)

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