query language
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computer language used to make queries into databases and information systems such as SQL or XQuery
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- computer language
- Image
- SQL ANATOMY wiki.svg
- Has use
- calculation
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- topic's main category
- Category:Query languages
- Commons category
- Query languages
- topic has template
- Template:Query languages
- uses
- Boolean operator
- ACM Classification Code (2012)
- 10003197
- model item
- XQuery
- P13411
- December
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A query language, also known as data query language or database query language (DQL), is a computer language used to make queries in databases and information systems. In database systems, query languages rely on strict theory to retrieve information. A well known example is the Structured Query Language (SQL).
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