Key, Keys, The Key or The Keys may refer to:
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 in a keyboard layout Typewriter Computer keyboard Virtual keyboard Legend (chart), an element of a chart
Arts, entertainment and media Films The Key (1934 film), an American pre-Code film Key Largo (1948 film), starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall 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), a Soviet animated feature The Key (1965 film), a Croatian omnibus film The Key (1971 film), a Czechoslovak drama The Key (1983 film), an Italian erotic film The Key (1987 film), an Iranian film The Key (2007 film), a French thriller Key (film), a 2011 Telugu-language psychological thriller The Key (2014 film), an American erotic drama
Literature The Key (Curley novel), by Marianne Curley, 2005 The Key (Elfgren and Strandberg novel), by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren, 2013 The Key (Tanizaki novel), by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 1956 "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", a short story by Satyajit Ray The Keys (journal), of the League of Coloured Peoples founded in 1933
Music
Bands The Keys (English band), 1979–1983 The Keys, a Welsh band successor to Murry the Hump
Albums Key (Meredith Monk album), 1971 Key (Son, Ambulance album)|Key (Son, Ambulance album)]], 2004 The Key (Joan Armatrading album), 1983 The Key (Vince Gill album), 1998 The Key (Nocturnus album), 1990 The Key (Operation: Mindcrime album), 2015 Keys (album), by Alicia Keys, 2021 The Keys (EP), by GWSN, 2020
Songs "The Key" (Speech Debelle song), 2009 "The Key" (Matt Goss song), 1995 "The Key", by Ou Est Le Swimming Pool from the 2010 album The Golden Year "Key", by Band-Maid from the 2014 album Maid in Japan "The Key", 2010, by Edita Abdieski "Key", by C418 from the 2011 album Minecraft – Volume Alpha "The Keys", by Crazy Town from the 2015 album The Brimstone Sluggers "Key", by Porter Robinson from the 2017 EP Virtual Self
Television "The Key" (Code Lyoko), a 2005 episode "The Key" (Danger Man), a 1960 episode "The Key" (Fear the Walking Dead), a 2020 episode "The Key" (Prison Break), a 2006 episode "The Key" (The Walking Dead), a 2018 episode "The Key", an episode of Yes, Prime Minister, 1986 "The Keys" (12 Monkeys), a 2015 episode "The Keys" (Seinfeld), a 1992 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 Key Lawrence (born 2001), American football player
Places
United States Key, Alabama Key, Ohio Keys, Oklahoma Florida Keys
Elsewhere The Keys, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Rural Municipality of Keys No. 303, Saskatchewan, Canada Key Cay, British Virgin Islands Key, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran Key Island, Tasmania, Australia The Key, New Zealand, a locality of Mararoa, New Zealand
Other places Cay, or key, a small island on the surface of a coral reef
Science and technology
Candidate key, or simply a key, in relational database management systems Unique key A key in an associative array 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 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 Key light, the primary light in a lighting setup 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 Cay, a small island, sometimes spelled "Key"
See also
Keay, a surname Keays, a surname Keyes (disambiguation) Keying (disambiguation) Qi (disambiguation) Quay (disambiguation) Keyboard instrument