structured query language

noun

UK /ˈstrʌktʃəd ˈkwɪəri ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/

US /ˈstrʌktʃərd ˈkwɪri ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/

A special computer language used to ask a database questions and get answers.

The teacher showed us how to use structured query language to find a student's name in the school database.

SYNONYMS

SQL database query language data query language query language

RELATED WORDS

database query table record programming

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A standard language for managing and retrieving data stored in relational database systems.

Developers use structured query language to create tables and update records.

3. The official ISO standard language for defining, manipulating, and controlling relational databases.

The course covers the ISO standard for structured query language.

4. A tool used by analysts to pull reports from large sets of organized data.

She wrote a structured query language statement to summarize last month's sales.