A request for data or information from a database table or combination of tables. This data may be generated as results returned by Structured Query Language (SQL) or as pictorials, graphs, or complex results, depending on the query.

"Queries are a fundamental tool in managing and interacting with databases, allowing users to retrieve the specific information they need from large datasets."

A request for data or information from a database table or combination of tables.

"SQL queries are used to retrieve specific information from a database."