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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

query

A question asked of the data in a database. The query is structured so that the answer is either true or false. To answer a query the computer must check each record of the data to see if the answer is true. The result of the query is a list of all the data which satisfies the query. Querying a database is also referred to as interrogating the database, selecting data or searching for data.

Related terms
find (or search)searchdata retrievalinformation retrievalquery languagebinary searchdatabasedatabase management system (DBMS)recordselectStructured Query Language (SQL)
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