query program

query program

[′kwir·ē ‚prō·grəm]

(computer science)

A computer program that allows a user to retrieve information from a data base and have it displayed on a terminal or printed out.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

query program

Software that counts, sums and retrieves selected records from a database. It may be part of a large application and be limited to a specific type of retrieval, such as pulling up a customer account on screen, or it may refer to a general-purpose query language that allows any condition to be searched and selected. See query language.

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