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Query, a precise request for information retrieval made to a database, data structure or information system Query language, a computer language used to make queries into databases and information systems
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A query is a question, or the search for a piece of information. The Latin root quaere means "to ask" and it's the basis of the words inquiry, question, quest, request, and query.