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

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==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 on a [[typewriter]] or [[computer keyboard]]

==Arts, entertainment and media==
===Films===
* [[The Key (1934 film)|''The Key'' (1934 film)]], an American pre-Code film 
* [[The Key (1958 film)|''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)|''The Key'' (1961 film)]], a Soviet animated feature
* [[The Key (1965 film)|''The Key'' (1965 film)]], a Croatian omnibus film
* [[The Key (1971 film)|''The Key'' (1971 film)]], a Czechoslovak drama
* [[The Key (1983 film)|''The Key'' (1983 film)]], an Italian erotic film 
* [[The Key (1987 film)|''The Key'' (1987 film)]], an Iranian film 
* [[The Key (2007 film)|''The Key'' (2007 film)]], a French thriller film
* [[Key (film)|''Key'' (film)]], a 2011 Telugu-language psychological thriller
* [[The Key (2014 film)|''The Key'' (2014 film)]], an American erotic drama film

===Literature===
* [[The Key (Curley novel)|''The Key'' (Curley novel)]], by Marianne Curley, 2005
* [[The Key (Elfgren and Strandberg novel)|''The Key'' (Elfgren and Strandberg novel)]], by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren, 2013
* [[The Key (Tanizaki novel)|''The Key'' (Tanizaki novel)]], by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 1956
* [[The Key (short story)|"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", [[Literary works of Satyajit Ray|a short story by Satyajit Ray]]
* [[The Keys (journal)|''The Keys'' (journal)]], of the League of Coloured Peoples founded in 1933

===Music===
{{see also|#Common uses}}
====Bands====
* [[The Keys (English band)]], 1979–1983
* The Keys, a Welsh band successor to [[Murry the Hump]]

====Albums====
* [[Key (Meredith Monk album)|''Key'' (Meredith Monk album)]], 1971
* [[Key (Son, Ambulance album)|''Key'' (Son, Ambulance album)]], 2004
* [[The Key (Joan Armatrading album)|''The Key'' (Joan Armatrading album)]], 1983
* [[The Key (Vince Gill album)|''The Key'' (Vince Gill album)]], 1998
* [[The Key (Nocturnus album)|''The Key'' (Nocturnus album)]], 1990
* [[The Key (Operation: Mindcrime album)|''The Key'' (Operation: Mindcrime album)]], 2015
* [[Keys (album)|''Keys'' (album)]], by Alicia Keys, 2021
* [[The Keys (EP)|''The Keys'' (EP)]], by GWSN, 2020

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

===Television===
* "The Key", [[List of Code Lyoko episodes|a ''Code Lyoko'' episode]], 2005
* [[The Key (Fear the Walking Dead)|"The Key" (''Fear the Walking Dead'')]], 2020
* "The Key", an episode of [[Prison Break (season 1)|''Prison Break'' (season 1)]], 2006
* [[The Key (The Walking Dead)|"The Key" (''The Walking Dead'')]], 2018
* "The Key", [[List of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister episodes|an episode of ''Yes, Prime Minister'']], 1986
* [[The Keys (Seinfeld)|"The Keys" (''Seinfeld'')]], a 1992 TV 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

==Places==
* [[Cay]], or key, a small island on the surface of a coral reef
**[[Key Cay]], British Virgin Islands

=== United States ===
* [[Key, Alabama]]
* [[Key, Ohio]]
* [[Key, West Virginia]]
* [[Keys, Oklahoma]]
* [[Florida Keys]]

===Elsewhere===
* [[The Keys, Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada
* [[Rural Municipality of Keys No. 303]], Saskatchewan, Canada
* [[Key, Iran]], a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
* [[Key Island]], Tasmania, Australia
* [[The Key, New Zealand]], a locality of Mararoa, New Zealand

==Science and technology==
{{see also|#Common uses}}
* [[Candidate key]], or simply a key, in relational database management systems
** [[Unique key]]
* [[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)|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
* [[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

==See also==
* {{look from}}
* {{in title}}
* [[Keay]], a surname
* [[Keays]], a surname
* [[Keyes (disambiguation)]]
* [[Keying (disambiguation)]]
* [[Qi (disambiguation)]]
* [[Quay (disambiguation)]]
* [[Keyboard instrument]]

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