query program


query program

[′kwir·ē ‚prō·grəm] (computer science) A computer program that allows a user to retrieve information from a data base and have it displayed on a terminal or printed out.

query program

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.