Foreign Key

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
FK
Pronunciation
/ˈfɔrən ki/
Category
Computing
Related Field
General

Examples in Context

  1. Above, a many-to-one relationship is defined across a foreign key that is also part of a primary key.
  2. Create a relationship between the primary key and foreign key columns.
  3. Each one-to-many association is buried as a foreign key in the table of the many class.
  4. One column links to the form ( the row in the table ) using a foreign key.
  5. A foreign key attribute, is automatically created in PROJECT.

Other meanings of FK

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Fatal Kick Misc
Fred Kline Misc
Fake Key Computing