Query
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In general, a query is a form of questioning, in a line of inquiry.
Query may also refer to:
Computing and technology
- Query, a precise request for information retrieval made to a database or information system
- Query language, a computer language used to make queries into databases and information systems
- Query string, in the World Wide Web, is an optional part of a URL
- Web search query, a query entered by users into web search engines
- Command-query separation (CQS), a concept in object-oriented programming, especially in the Eiffel programming language
- jQuery, a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML
People with the name
- Jeff Query (born 1967), an American football player
- Nate Query, a musician
Other uses
- Query (complexity), a mapping from structures of one vocabulary to structures of another vocabulary
- Query (Quaker), a question used for reflection and spiritual exercises among members of the Society of Friends
- The Queries, a set of 31 questions outlined by Isaac Newton beginning in 1704