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minor keyA secondary key used to identify a record. For example, if transactions are sorted by account number and date, account number is the major key and date is the minor key. minor key [′mīn·ər ‚kē] (computer science) A secondary key for identifying a record. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Following on the Odes, we have much written in the same style, more often than not by women, or songs possibly written to be sung by them, always in a minor key, fraught with sadness, yet full of quiet resignation and pathos. We take all things in a minor key as we grow older. I have a liking for such days as these; they revive one's converse with oneself and make it possible to live the inner life: they are quiet and peaceful, like a song in a minor key. |
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