Definitions
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- noun One who holds the
key to abuilding etc. forsecurity reasons. - noun cryptography The individual or organisation with access to a
cryptographic key .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The site timelock. rules.it has a program [Timelock, $20] that allows someone to use encryption to lock themselves up for a set or random amount of time, or even to send the key to their chastity belt over the internet to a trusted "keyholder".
Boing Boing 2007
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A single keyholder has to be asked for access to locked drug cabinets.
Woman arrested over Stepping Hill hospital 'saline sabotage' deaths 2011
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All in order but no keyholder as shop had recently been sold.
All The Kings Men « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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There is plenty of room for your keyholder to be evil and teasing and totally controlling.
Boing Boing 2007
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Your fate is now entirely in the hands of your keyholder.
Boing Boing 2007
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As Penny connects with Kirin the sarcastic unicorn and Luke with Dracula the baby dragon, they learn the third keyholder is the snob Natalie who connects aptly so with Buttercup the rat, and the weird kid is a Boggart spy.
This Side of Magic-Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton-Jones « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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The keyholder has set the Hide Timer option so you have no idea how much time has been set.
Boing Boing 2007
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It doesn't just stop with the keyholder generating a remote key.
Boing Boing 2007
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Although he has been am employee of ebay since the sale as a major keyholder/administer he has no desire to re-purchase.
That Was Fun, But Now Ebay’s Selling Off StumbleUpon Michael Arrington 2005
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I'm interviewing for a keyholder position Friday with the DM at Rainbow.
berrywine Diary Entry berrywine 2004
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