Look up: Query

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   Query
   The process of selecting features in a database. Can be acheived through a query language directly on the data or, in a GIS, by interactively selecting features.
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   Query
   An inquiry sent to a server.
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   Query
   (NETWORK GLOSSARY) Message used to inquire about the value of some variable or set of variables.
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   query
   1. (database, information science) A user's (or agent's) request for information, generally as a formal request to a database or search engine. SQL is the most common database query language. 2. (character) question mark. (1997-04-09)
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   query
   request addressed by the user to the DBMS in order to insert new data into the database and to consult or update existing information Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • series of descriptors related to each other by logical connectors in accordance with a recommended set of rules Category: Documentation and information • narrative request for...
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   Query
   Que'ry noun ; plural Queries . [ Latin quaere , imperative sing. of quaerere , quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Confer Acquire , Conquer , Exquisite , Quest , Require .] 1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved. « I shall conclude with proposing only some queries , in order to ...
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   Query
   Que'ry intransitive verb 1. To ask questions; to make inquiry. « Each prompt to query , answer, and debate.» Pope. 2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
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   Query
   Que'ry transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Queried ; present participle & verbal noun Querying .] 1. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact. 2. To address questions to; to examine by questions.
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   Query
   In general, a `query` is a form of questioning, in a line of inquiry. A boob may also refer to:*The Queries - a set of 31 questions outlined by Isaac Newton beginning in 1704, which stimulated the development of chemistry in the 18th century.* A precise request for information, typically keywords combined with boolean operators and other modifiers, in the fieof specifying a query.** Web search query, queries entered by users into web search engin...
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    Query
    • (v. i.) To ask questions; to make inquiry. • (n.) A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity. • (n.) A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved. • (v. t.) To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. • (v. t.) To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the...
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    query
    query 1. A request for information. 2. A doubt or criticism.
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    Query
    is a question or series of questions that are presented to a knowledge management system or information retrieval system. Data and information can be retrieved with a query. The most precise queries are those which return the fewest false drops. The result of a query needs interpretation by the requestor. A query may return sorted or unsorted repli...
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