query language

ˈkwɪri ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ

Definition

Definition of query language - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

TECH.

programming language used to manage and retrieve data from databases

TECH.

SQL is a popular query language for relational databases..

SQL

database

TECH.

instructions for retrieving information from a database

TECH.

The query language allows users to access specific data.

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LINQ

abbr.

abr: Language Integrated Query

tool for asking questions in computer programs

NLQ

acr.

acr: natural language query

question asked to computer in human words

PL/SQL

abbr.

abr: Procedural Language/Structured Query Language

computer language for managing and processing databases

acr.

acr: query language

language used to make database queries

SQL

acr.

acr: Structured Query Language

used to manage and query databases

Examples of query language in a sentence

The new software supports multiple query languages.
Developers use query language to extract data efficiently.

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French:langage de requête, ...
German:Abfragesprache, ...
Italian:linguaggio di interrogazione, ...
Spanish:lenguaje de consulta, ...
Portuguese:linguagem de consulta, ...
Chinese:查询语言, 检索语言, ...
Japanese:クエリ言語, 検索言語, ...
Arabic:لُغَةُ اسْتِعْلَام, لُغَةُ الاِسْتِعْلَامِ, ...
Hebrew:שְׂפַת שְׁאִילְתָּה, שְׂפַת שְׁאֵלִיתוֹת, ...
Russian:язык запросов, ...
Ukrainian:мова запитів, ...
Hindi:क्वेरी भाषा, ...
Bengali:কোয়েরি ভাষা, ...
Catalan:llenguatge de consulta, llenguatge de recerca, ...
Czech:dotazovací jazyk, jazyk pro dotazy, ...
Danish:forespørgselssprog, databasesprog, ...
Dutch:querytaal, ...
Greek:γλώσσα ερωτημάτων, ...
Hungarian:lekérdezőnyelv, ...
Khmer:ភាសាសំណួរ, ភាសាបញ្ជាសម្រាប់ស្នើ និងទាញយកទិន្នន័យពីមូលដ្ឋានទិន្នន័យ, ...
Korean:쿼리 언어, 데이터베이스 언어, ...
Persian:زبان پرس و جو, زبان پرس‌وجو, ...
Polish:język zapytań, ...
Portuguese (BR):linguagem de consulta, ...
Romanian:limbaj de interogare, ...
Swedish:frågespråk, ...
Thai:ภาษาคิวรี, ...
Turkish:sorgu dili, ...
Vietnamese:ngôn ngữ truy vấn, ngôn ngữ truy xuất, ...

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