dataquery

noun
UK /ˈdeɪtəˌkwɪəri/
US /ˈdeɪtəˌkwɪri/

A dataquery is a question you ask a computer to find information for you.

The teacher ran a dataquery to see which students finished their homework.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A command that asks a database to return specific records.

The programmer wrote a dataquery to list all customers from London.

3. A tool or feature that lets users search through stored information.

The app's dataquery helped her find last year's photos in seconds.

4. The act of asking for data from a system.

A quick dataquery showed the store had three red bikes left.