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query string

query string noun: a sequence of data appended to a URL to supply input parameters in the form of name-value pairs.

Noun

query string (plural query strings)

  1. (Internet) A sequence of data appended to a URL to supply input parameters in the form of name-value pairs.
    • The site works when we visit example.com/q, but fails when we visit example.com/q?name=Smith. There must be a problem processing the query string.

Forms of query string

pluralquery strings

Questions about query string

What does query string mean?
Query string means a sequence of data appended to a URL to supply input parameters in the form of name-value pairs.
What part of speech is query string?
Query string is a noun.
What is the plural of query string?
The plural of query string is query strings.

Words near query string in the dictionary

  1. query letter
  2. query letters
  3. query plan
  4. query plans
  5. query processing
  6. query string
  7. query strings
  8. queryable
  9. querying
  10. queryingly
  11. queryings

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