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  [kwer-uh-luh s, kwer-yuh-] /ˈkwɛr ə ləs, ˈkwɛr yə-/ adjective 1. full of complaints; complaining. 2. characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish: a querulous tone; constant querulous reminders of things to be done. /ˈkwɛrʊləs; ˈkwɛrjʊ-/ adjective 1. inclined to make whining or peevish complaints 2. characterized by or proceeding from a complaining fretful attitude or […]

• Query

  [kweer-ee] /ˈkwɪər i/ noun, plural queries. 1. a question; an inquiry. 2. mental reservation; doubt. 3. Printing. a question mark (?), especially as added on a manuscript, proof sheet, or the like, indicating doubt as to some point in the text. 4. an inquiry from a writer to an editor of a magazine, newspaper, etc., […]

• Querulously

  [kwer-uh-luh s, kwer-yuh-] /ˈkwɛr ə ləs, ˈkwɛr yə-/ adjective 1. full of complaints; complaining. 2. characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish: a querulous tone; constant querulous reminders of things to be done. /ˈkwɛrʊləs; ˈkwɛrjʊ-/ adjective 1. inclined to make whining or peevish complaints 2. characterized by or proceeding from a complaining fretful attitude or […]

• Query by example

  database, language (QBE) A user-friendly query language developed by Moshé Zloof of IBM in 1975. (http://informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/z/Zloof:Mosh=eacute=_M=.html). [Moshé M. Zloof, “Query By Example”, AFIPS NCC 1975: 431-438]. [Moshé M. Zloof, “Query-by-Example: A Data Base Language”, IBM Systems Journal 16(4): 324-343, 1977]. [“QBE/OBE: A Language for Office and Business Automation”, M.M. Zloof, Computer pp.13-22, May 1981]. (2001-03-25)

• Query expansion

  information science Adding search terms to a user’s search. Query expansion is the process of a search engine adding search terms to a user’s weighted search. The intent is to improve precision and/or recall. The additional terms may be taken from a thesaurus. For example a search for “car” may be expanded to: car cars […]

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