In general, a query is a form of
question
A question is an utterance which serves as a request for information. Questions are sometimes distinguished from interrogatives, which are the grammatical forms typically used to express them. Rhetorical questions, for instance, are interrogat ...
ing, 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
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Query language
Query languages, data query languages or database query languages (DQL) are computer languages used to make queries in databases and information systems. A well known example is the Structured Query Language (SQL).
Types
Broadly, query language ...
, a computer language used to make queries into databases and information systems
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Query string
A query string is a part of a uniform resource locator (URL) that assigns values to specified parameters. A query string commonly includes fields added to a base URL by a Web browser or other client application, for example as part of an HTML, cho ...
, in the World Wide Web, is an optional part of a URL
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Web search query
A web query or web search query is a query that a user enters into a web search engine to satisfy their information needs. Web search queries are distinctive in that they are often plain text and boolean search directives are rarely used. They va ...
, a query entered by users into web search engines
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Command-query separation (CQS), a concept in object-oriented programming, especially in the Eiffel programming language
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jQuery
jQuery is a JavaScript library designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax. It is free, open-source software using the permissive MIT License. As of Aug 2022, jQuery is ...
, a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML
People with the name
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Jeff Query
Jeffrey Lee Query (born March 7, 1967) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Cincinnati Bengals, and Washington Redskins. Query played college football at Millikin University. The ...
(born 1967), an American football player
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Nate Query
Nate Query (born September 5, 1973) is an American musician best known as the bassist of the Portland, Oregon indie rock band The Decemberists. He plays electric bass, upright bass, banjo and cello. He makes appearances on many albums by Portlan ...
, a musician
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