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A request for specific data from a database, search engine, or API.
Queries ask for a subset of information: find this user, list recent invoices, or count events. Query quality affects speed, cost, and correctness.
Plainly
Think of Query as a labeled box where an app keeps important things. A request for specific data from a database, search engine, or API.
In practice
Use it when a feature reads, writes, migrates, validates, or audits stored information. In practice, define the owner, input, output, and failure mode before you rely on it.