| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | BitLocker recovery key | BitLocker-Wiederherstellungsschlüssel (A special key that you can create when you turn on Bitlocker Drive Encryption for the first time on each drive that you encrypt) |
| IT | key recovery | Schlüsselwiederherstellung |
| comp., MS | key recovery | Schlüsselwiederherstellung (The process of recovering a user's private key) |
| comp., MS | recovery key | Wiederherstellungsschlüssel (A key that is used for recovering data that is encrypted on a BitLocker volume. This key is cryptographically equivalent to a startup key. If available, the recovery key decrypts the volume master key, which in turn decrypts the full volume encryption key. The recovery key is stored on a USB flash drive. To use the recovery key, a user inserts the USB flash drive and then restarts the computer) |