Keying may refer to:
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Keying (electrical connector)
Components of an electrical circuit are electrically connected if an electric current can run between them through an electrical conductor. An electrical connector is an electromechanical device used to create an electrical connection between ...
, used by electrical connectors to prevent mating in incorrect orientation
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Keying (graphics), a technique for compositing two full frame images together
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Keying (official)
Keying (愛新覺羅 耆英, 21 March 1787 – 29 June 1858), also known by his romanized Mandarin Chinese name Qiying or Ch'i-ying ( Wade-Giles) and his Manchu name Kiyeng, was a Manchu statesman during the Qing dynasty of China. An imperial ...
(1787–1858), a Manchu statesman during the Qing dynasty
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''Keying'' (ship), a Chinese junk which sailed to the U.S. and Britain in 1847–1848, named after the official
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Keying (telecommunications), a form of modulation where the modulating signal takes one of two or more values at all times
* Keying,
vandalism of a painted surface by scratching it with a key
* Keying, in the sociology of
Erving Goffman
Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born sociology, sociologist, Social psychology (sociology), social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth ...
, is an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants. Introduced in
''Frame Analysis: An Essay on the Organization of Experience'' (1974).
See also
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Key (disambiguation)
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (ma ...
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