To extract data from a database and present it for use.
— Computer ScienceA formalized instruction to a database to either return a set of records or perform a specified action on a set of records as specified in the query.
— Computer ScienceA named set of criteria that Visual Studio Team Foundation uses to display work items.
— Computer ScienceAn expression in the form of a query expression or a Standard Query Operator method call (or a combination of the two) that extracts information from a data source.
— Computer ScienceAn instance of a query template that runs continuously in the StreamInsight server processing events received from instances of input adapters to which the query is bound and sending processed events to instances of output adapters to which it is bound.
— Computer ScienceIn computers, what a user of a search engine or database enters is sometimes called the query. To query (verb) means to submit a query (noun).
— Computer Science