keyword
Noun
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Noun
keyword (plural keywords)
- Any word used as the key to a code.
- (information science) Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
- (programming) A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function
etc. - 1982, Popular Computing (volume 1, issues 9-12, page 113)
- Each function has an entry address which must be quoted after the USR keyword.
- 1982, Popular Computing (volume 1, issues 9-12, page 113)
- (linguistics) Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.
- operative word (in a sentence)
- workword (rare)
- (information science) index term
- (information science) descriptor
- French: mot-clé
- German: Stichwort, Schlüssel
- Italian: parola chiave
- Portuguese: palavra-chave
- Russian: ключево́е сло́во
- Spanish: palabra clave, clave
- German: Stichwort
- Russian: ключево́е сло́во
- German: Schlüsselwort
keyword (keywords, present participle keywording; past and past participle keyworded)
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