How to say "keyword" in Japanese

• 予約語よやくご
  nounThe programming sense of 'keyword': a reserved word, one that a programming language reserves for its own use. A less common, technical term — outside computing it is seldom the word you want for 'keyword'.
• キーワードCommon
  nounThe common, general word for 'keyword': a key word in a text or discussion, and also a search term or index term. It is the natural choice for web searches and similar uses.
  新あたらしい文ぶんを追加ついかするまえに、その文ぶんによって当とうサイトに新あたらしい語彙ごいがもたらされるかどうか、キーワード検索けんさくしてご確認かくにんください。↗

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Use 「キーワード」 for a key word, search term, or index term in general contexts, and 予約語 only for the programming sense of 'keyword', a reserved word in a programming language.

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• 予約語よやくごreserved word
• キーワードkeyword