rekey
Americanverb (used with object)
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to fit with different pins and a different key.
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Computers. to keyboard (data) again.
Etymology
Origin of rekey
Example Sentences
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I don’t care if you have to rekey your house.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2020
To arrive at a charge of vandalism over $250,000, prosecutors said the entire facility had to be rekeyed at a cost of just over $291,000.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
He said the doors have been rekeyed, with staff having active cards to access the building through a card-reader system on three outside doors.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2018
Doors throughout the hospital have been rekeyed, after a review last year found thousands of keys missing, Strange said Tuesday.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2017
On none of these samples was OCR performed; they were all rekeyed.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
Fellow defense attorney David Raybin noted that an early news release from the sheriff’s office said that between 85 to 100 locks would need replacement, while the final total included rekeying 1,800 locks.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
“But we’ve always believed that wallets would be much more important in the mobile world, because people aren’t going to be happy rekeying their information over and over again.”
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 20, 2014
Hence, whether text was converted using OCR or rekeying mattered little to AM.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
The prisoners performed AM's rekeying just as well as other service bureaus and proved handy as well.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
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