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query language

(Computer Science) computing the instructions and procedures used to retrieve information from a database

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query language - a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed

command language, search language

source language - a language that is to be translated into another language

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dotazovací jazyk

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upitni jezik

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The existing study on query structure suggested that, the average length of search queries is around 2.3 terms per query [20].

Diversifying Search Result Leveraging Aspect-based Query Expansion

Query formulation involves: (1) generating the correct query structure (i.e.,) the correct SELECT statement template), and (2) mapping elements of the information request into database elements (i.e., tables, columns, values) to insert into the correct "slots" of the query template.

An experimental investigation of complexity in database query formulation tasks

After that the creation of more complex queries in the form of TOPIK follows; it is arranged in a hierarchical query structure, see Figure 9.