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Query language

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: query language
(′kwir·ē ′laŋ·gwij)

(computer science) A generalized computer language that is used to interrogate a data base.


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A language that allows a user to select records from a database. It may be in the form of typed commands such as the widely used SQL language, a predefined query menu or a query by example (QBE). Query languages are usually included in DBMSs, and stand-alone packages are available for interrogating non-DBMS files. See SQL, query by example and query program.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed
  Synonyms: command language, search language


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Query languages are computer languages used to make queries into databases and information systems.

Broadly, query languages can be classified according to whether they are database query languages or information retrieval query languages. Examples include:



 
 

 

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