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<P><A NAME="key"><B>key</B></A> <I>n.</I> an <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_o.htm#object"><I>object</I></A> used for selection during retrieval. See <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_a.htm#association_list"><I>association list</I></A>, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#property_list"><I>property list</I></A>, and <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_h.htm#hash_table"><I>hash table</I></A>. Also, see <A REL=CHILD HREF="17_a.htm">Section 17.1 (Sequence Concepts)</A>. <P>
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<P><A NAME="keyword"><B>keyword</B></A> <I>n.</I> 1. a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#symbol"><I>symbol</I></A> the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_h.htm#home_package"><I>home package</I></A> of which is the <TT>KEYWORD</TT> package. 2. any <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#symbol"><I>symbol</I></A>, usually but not necessarily in the <TT>KEYWORD</TT> package, that is used as an identifying marker in keyword-style argument passing. See <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="a_lambda.htm#lambda"><B>lambda</B></A>. 3. <I>Idiom.</I> a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_l.htm#lambda_list_keyword"><I>lambda list keyword</I></A>. <P>
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<P><A NAME="keyword_parameter"><B>keyword parameter</B></A> <I>n.</I> A <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#parameter"><I>parameter</I></A> for which a corresponding keyword <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_a.htm#argument"><I>argument</I></A> is optional. (There is no such thing as a required keyword <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_a.htm#argument"><I>argument</I></A>.) If the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_a.htm#argument"><I>argument</I></A> is not supplied, a default value is used. See also <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#supplied-p_parameter"><I>supplied-p parameter</I></A>. <P>
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<P><A NAME="keywordSLvalue_pair"><B>keyword/value pair</B></A> <I>n.</I> two successive <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_e.htm#element"><I>elements</I></A> (a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="#keyword"><I>keyword</I></A> and a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_v.htm#value"><I>value</I></A>, respectively) of a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#property_list"><I>property list</I></A>. <P>
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<P><HR>The following <A REL=META HREF="../Front/X3J13Iss.htm">X3J13 cleanup issue</A>, <I>not part of the specification</I>, applies to this section:<P><UL><LI> <A REL=CHILD HREF="../Issues/iss269.htm">PLIST-DUPLICATES:ALLOW</A><P></UL><HR>
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