Keying may refer to: * Keying (electrical connector), used by electrical connectors to prevent mating in incorrect orientation *

Keying (graphics) Compositing is the process or technique of combining visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene. Live-action shooting for compositing is variously ...

, a technique for compositing two full frame images together *

Keying (official) Keying (21 March 1787 – 29 June 1858), also known by his romanized Mandarin Chinese name Qiying or Ch'i-ying (Wade–Giles) and his Manchu name Kiyeng, was a Manchu statesman during the Qing dynasty of China. An imperial clansman of the hou ...

(1787–1858), a Manchu statesman during the Qing dynasty ** ''Keying'' (ship), a Chinese junk which sailed to the U.S. and Britain in 1847–1848, named after the official * Keying (telecommunications), a form of modulation where the modulating signal takes one of two or more values at all times * Keying,

vandalism Vandalism is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property. The term includes property damage, such as graffiti and defacement directed towards any property without permission of the owner. The t ...

of a painted surface by scratching it with a key * Keying, in the sociology of

Erving Goffman Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born American sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century". In 2007, '' The Time ...

, is an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants. Introduced in ''Frame Analysis: An Essay on the Organization of Experience'' (1974).

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