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Unlock vs Keycode - What's the difference?

unlock | keycode |

As a verb unlock

is to undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

As a noun keycode is

a code that represents a keypress.

unlock

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
  • To obtain access to something.
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  • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
  • To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.
  • To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
  • *
  • He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked .

    keycode

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A code that represents a keypress.
  • A code that serves to unlock something, such as an electronic door or a car stereo (as an antitheft measure).
  • See also

    * scancode