| Subject | English | German |
| telecom. | code dialing key | C-Taste = Codewahltaste |
| telecom. | code dialing key | Codewahltaste |
| tech. | code key | Codeschlüssel |
| gen. | code key | Code-Schlüssel |
| el. | differential phase shift keying coding | Phasendifferenzcodierung |
| transp. | key code | Kode von Schlüssel |
| IT, dat.proc. | key code of a macro | Zugriffscode eines Makros |
| IT, dat.proc. | key code of a style | Zugriffscode eines Stils |
| tech. | key to weather code numbers and symbols | Windschluessel |
| comp., MS | virtual key code | virtueller Tastencode (A symbolic constant name, hexadecimal value, or mouse or keyboard equivalent that provides a hardware and language-independent method of identifying keyboard keys. Each virtual key code represents a unique keyboard key and also identifies the purpose of that key. The keyboard driver must provide one or more keyboard layouts that maps keyboard scan codes to the appropriate virtual key codes) |