Querying (Computer science)

Database interrogation
Interrogation of databases

Work cat.: Sagiv, Y. Optimization of queries in relational databases, 1981.
Dictionary of computer science, engineering, and technology, 2001 (query -- a request to retrieve data from a database; querying -- the process of retrieving data from a database)
Answers.com online dictionary, via WWW, Dec. 7, 2005 (query -- To interrogate a collection of data such as records in a database. The term may also be used to search a single file or collection of files such as HTML files on the Web. However, in addition to obtaining lists of records that match the search criteria, queries to a database allow for counting items and summing amounts. A query on the Web yields only a list of matching pages and is more often called a search)
McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms, 2003 (query -- [computer science] -- A computer instruction to interrogate a database)
Quick MetaTrieve answers & further help, via WWW, Dec. 7, 2005 (What is the difference between a search and a query? A search is a scan of database metadata for tables and columns that may match your business search term. It finds the location (database name, table name and column name) of the data. A query is an SQL request for the actual data from a database, table(s) and column(s) that was located with the metadata search ... First you search, then you query)
Freedman, A. The computer glossary, 1998 (query -- to interrogate a database (count, sum, list selected records))