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query language
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query language

A generalized language that allows a user to select records from a database. It uses a command language, menu-driven method or a query by example (QBE) format for expressing the matching condition.

Query languages are usually included in DBMSs, and stand-alone packages are available for interrogating files in non-DBMS applications. See query program.


query language [′kwir·ē ‚laŋ·gwij]
(computer science)
A generalized computer language that is used to interrogate a data base.


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