query program

query program definition - computer

Software that counts, sums and retrieves selected records from a database. It may be part of a large application and be limited to a specific type of retrieval, such as pulling up a customer account on screen, or it may refer to a general-purpose query language that allows any condition to be searched and selected. See query language.



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