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- verb computing To enter information into a device, such as a keyboard or keypad, after it has been done at least once before.
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Examples
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I just finished my rewrite/rekey of my story "Imago."
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The SecureKey uses a separate key to rekey the lock.
Kwikset and Schlage locked in battle over rekeyable door locks
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Kwikset and Schlage each sell a door lock you can rekey for temporary access to guests and contractors and then rekey again when they no longer need access to your home — without having to change the lock.
Kwikset and Schlage locked in battle over rekeyable door locks
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The SecureKey uses a separate key to rekey the lock.
Kwikset and Schlage locked in battle over rekeyable door locks
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Earlier versions of the SecureKey and Kwikset's SmartKey required you to use added tools or complex sequences of turns to rekey a lock.
2010 International Builders' Show Product Preview: Schlage SecureKey
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Earlier versions of the SecureKey and Kwikset's SmartKey required you to use added tools or complex sequences of turns to rekey a lock.
2010 International Builders' Show Product Preview: Schlage SecureKey
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Kwikset and Schlage each sell a door lock you can rekey for temporary access to guests and contractors and then rekey again when they no longer need access to your home—without having to change the lock.
Kwikset and Schlage locked in battle over rekeyable door locks
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The Kwikset SmartKey is the first door lock you can rekey in seconds without having to replace the lock.
International Builders’ Show Product Preview: Kwikset SmartKey
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The Kwikset SmartKey is the first door lock you can rekey in seconds without having to replace the lock.
International Builders’ Show Product Preview: Kwikset SmartKey
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Kamuf, whose main concern is to dispute Guillory's strategic conflation of "deconstruction" with "de Man," offers little help here; indeed, one gains the impression that she feels it necessary to rekey the discussion to a
Professing Literature: John Guillory's Misreading of Paul de Man
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