query
Database search request
A query is a question or request for information.
In computing, a query retrieves data from a database or search engine: The search query returned thousands of results.
To query something is to question it or express doubt: She queried the accuracy of the report.
I have a query about the billing.
Seek an answer
- interrogateQuestion formally and persistently
- probeThorough examination or tool
- quizBrief informal test
- pollGathering of opinions
questionnaire · clarification · interrogative · catechize · solicit · cross-examination · interview · depose
Database manipulation language
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- fieldArea of specialty
- statementExpressed claim or fact
execute · fetch · retrieve · relational · syntax · output · command · request
Methodical assessment or review
- probeThorough examination or tool
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- reviewCritical written assessment
audit · assessment · inspection · inquest · research · study · deliberation · evaluation
Important identifying words
- engineMachine producing motion
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
indexing · ranking · relevance · filter · autocomplete · string · syntax · parameter
Test of ability
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- contestOrganized competitive event
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
uncertainty · reservation · qualm · misgiving · concern · hesitation · second-guess
ask
Seek an answer
- interrogateQuestion formally and persistently
- probeThorough examination or tool
- quizBrief informal test
poll · questionnaire · clarification · interrogative · catechize · solicit · cross-examination · interview · depose · grill
SQL
Database manipulation language
statement · execute · fetch · retrieve · relational · syntax · output · command · request · stored procedure
examination
Methodical assessment or review
- probeThorough examination or tool
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- analysisMethodical study of parts
review · audit · assessment · inspection · inquest · research · study · deliberation · evaluation · vetting
keywords
Important identifying words
- engineMachine producing motion
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
optimization · indexing · ranking · relevance · filter · autocomplete · string · syntax · parameter · wildcard
challenge
Test of ability
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- contestOrganized competitive event
- objectionExpression of disapproval
skepticism · uncertainty · reservation · qualm · misgiving · concern · hesitation · second-guess
- investigatinginvestigate, examine, inspect, probe, search
- data sciencealgorithm, data analytics, data, machine learning, dataset
- AI chatchatbot, prompt, response, conversation, AI assistant
- data processingnormalization, data entry, standardization, encoding, scaling
- queriessearch, request, ask, lookup, keyword search
- data systemsdatabase, data warehouse, data lake, data model, schema
querycertainty
Total absence of doubt
certitude · conviction · confidence · assurance · surety
- good questionInquiry worth pondering
- I have a questionRequest for information
- trick questionDeliberately misleading inquiry
- out of the questionCompletely impossible to consider
- side questOptional secondary objective
- without questionBeyond any doubt