Definitions for "Key signature"
Keywords:  sharp, staff, clef, flat, accidentals
group of accidentals found at the beginning of a piece of music that indicates which scale the piece is based on, these accidentals are to be observed throughout except where otherwise indicated
designation of sharps and flats at the beginning of a composition to indicate its tonality
the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
the indecipherable autograph of a famous musician (or singer)
Keywords:  gigue, paycheck, your, one
The one on the paycheck for your gigue.
In cryptography, a key signature is the result of applying a hash function on a key, for the purpose of simplifying operations on keys. For example, cryptographic keys are often quite large and cumbersome to compare, so a user who wants to verify the presence of a public key in a database might use a smaller key signature rather than comparing the whole key.
Keywords:  strand, trust, link, web, you
a link, or strand if you will, in the web of trust